The Importance Of Open Adoption

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Adopted children have the right to know where and who they come from. They live part of their life with their supposed to be biological parents which are not. The children wonder in their own world what happened and why they ended up where they are now. Children need answers just like adults. Adoption needs to be open because their may be health concerns regarding their biological parents, open adoption may be healthy for all adoptive children and parents, and courts tend to prefer open adoption rather then closed adoption due to the process.
In addition to the health concerns of the child his or her parents may have, they may be aware and try to find a way to keep them from getting any type of disease. The health issues helps determine the

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