The book of Exodus tells the story of a Hebrew woman, Jochebed, give birth to a baby boy during a time when Pharaoh had ordered all Hebrew male infants to be killed. Jochebed took a basket and placed her son on it and sent the basket down the river. One of Pharaoh’s daughters found the basket with the child. She adopted him into the royal family and gave him the name Moses. Adoption can be traced back to the bible and it has been part of our civilization since that time. The Children’s Home Society of West Virginia defines adoption as: “A legally recognized, lifelong relationship between a parent and child. The adoptive parent becomes legally and morally responsible for the child's safety, education, health care, value development, development
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Now, 60 percent to 70 percent of domestic adoptions are open.” Open adoptions have plenty of advantages and it has been the subject of study in recent years. The Minnesota/Texas Adoption Research Project (MTARP) about on the effect of open adoption by Deborah Siegel and Susan Livingston Smith. This research included 190 adoptive parents, 171 adopted children and 169 birthmothers from 23 states representing all regions of the United States. It had open, semi-open, and closed adoption. In the first wave of the research there was no relationship found between adoption openness and self-esteem and the satisfaction of adoptive parents with the adoption and the level of openness. The research showed that adoptees that had a relationship with their birthparents were doing better on psychosocial adjustment than those who don't have a relationship with their birthparents. In the second wave adolescent adoptees that have a relationship with their birthparents maintained a higher satisfaction. This research stated that, “none of the adopted adolescents who had contact with their birth mothers felt any fear, hatred, surprise, anger, or confusion about who their parents were.” So, open adoption for adoptees have a better and healthier psychologically outcomes than adoptees that are in a closed adoption. And not just only for adoptees but for birthparents and adoptive parents
Now, 60 percent to 70 percent of domestic adoptions are open.” Open adoptions have plenty of advantages and it has been the subject of study in recent years. The Minnesota/Texas Adoption Research Project (MTARP) about on the effect of open adoption by Deborah Siegel and Susan Livingston Smith. This research included 190 adoptive parents, 171 adopted children and 169 birthmothers from 23 states representing all regions of the United States. It had open, semi-open, and closed adoption. In the first wave of the research there was no relationship found between adoption openness and self-esteem and the satisfaction of adoptive parents with the adoption and the level of openness. The research showed that adoptees that had a relationship with their birthparents were doing better on psychosocial adjustment than those who don't have a relationship with their birthparents. In the second wave adolescent adoptees that have a relationship with their birthparents maintained a higher satisfaction. This research stated that, “none of the adopted adolescents who had contact with their birth mothers felt any fear, hatred, surprise, anger, or confusion about who their parents were.” So, open adoption for adoptees have a better and healthier psychologically outcomes than adoptees that are in a closed adoption. And not just only for adoptees but for birthparents and adoptive parents