Opening a Closed Adoption

By whatever manner families arrived at closed adoptions, many are showing an interest in establishing contact among all three parties - birth parent(s), adoptee, and adoptive parent(s).... opening the adoption, even in international adoptions.

Several adoption counselors around the country work successfully to help families open a closed adoption, and others have taken the initiative themselves, believing it to be in the best interest of their children... and themselves.

Opening a Closed Adoption
Resources and information for those interested in opening lines of communication between minor adoptees and their biological families.
We Opened Our Adoption
When you believe it’s in your child’s best interest, it can be done. Two moms talk frankly about their experience.
Openness is Better...
An adoptive mother's feeling of emptiness prompts her to open her son's adoption.
Our Daughter's Russian Family
Opening an international adoption isn't the easiest task but when parents believe it's in their child's best interest, it can be done.