The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption by Lori Holden, Crystal... - 9781442217393

The Open-Hearted Way to Open AdoptionHelping Your Child Grow Up Whole\nAuthor(s): Lori Holden, Crystal Hass\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Rowman & Littlefield\nISBN-13: 9781442217393, 978-1442217393\nSynopsis\nPrior to 1990, fewer than five percent of domestic infant adoptions were open. In 2012, ninety percent or more of adoption agencies are recommending open adoption. Yet these agencies do not often or adequately prepare either adopting parents or birth parents for the road ahead of them!The adult parties in open adoptions are left floundering.\n\nThere are many resources on why to do open adoption, but what about how? Open adoption isn't just something parents do when they exchange photos, send emails, share a visit. It's a lifestyle that may feel intrusive at times, be difficult or inconvenient at other times. Tensions can arise even in the best of circumstances. But knowing how to handle these situations and how to continu.