Involving Birth Parents in the Lives of Adopted Children
When it comes to involving birth parents in the lives of adopted children, both parties should know what they’re getting into. If both sets of parents go into this decision with the child in mind, the benefits to the child can be enormous.
Benefits to the Children
Adoption agencies began sealing adoption records somewhere around the 1930s, making it a real challenge for an adult child to find his birth parents. According to the consensus at Adoption Network Cleveland, many adopted children are curious about their birth parents and hope some day to cultivate a relationship with them.
In recent years a few states have unsealed their adoption records. According to Eileen McQuade, president of the American Adoption Congress, this procedure has not created problems in the states that have done so to date. These states include: Alabama, Delaware, New Hampshire, Oregon and Tennessee.
Michigan adoption documents were sealed from 1945 to 1980, but pending legislation may reverse that action. According to the April 25, 2008, issue of The Detroit News, many of the more than 20,000 adults who were adopted during that period are anxiously awaiting copies of their original birth certificates.
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