Adoption Surprises?

I'd never really thought very deeply about adoptee issues before becoming a part of the adoption community, and there were a few surprises for me there. For example, before I became a part of the adoption community, I remember a friend telling me that since she had adopted a child from the Marshall Islands, her family was now "multicultural." I thought that was the weirdest thing. Wasn't the adopted baby's culture now just her family's culture? But after learning more about transracial adoption and identity issues and the importance of giving adopted children access to their birth cultures, I understood where she was coming from.I was also really shocked to learn that most states in the US don't allow adoptees access to their original birth certificates. Blows my mind.

Yes, the whole birth certificate dilemma is surprising to me too. I feel like I really have no idea what it's like to be an adoptee, so you don't really think about all the big differences there are.

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When I first placed, I thought the level of openness in my adoption was totally normal. As time has gone on, I have realized that my adoption is much more open than most. The concept of 'openness' was foreign to me, and I had no idea how complicated it could be! I didn't realize there was a spectrum that ranged from closed to semi open to open.

Thanks Annaleece! I had no idea open adoption was even a concept in adoption.