Open Adoption Hardships

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1. Adoptees in open adoptions

May feel confused since both sets of parents are in the picture

Have their birth parents around to answer their questions

May feel lonely or abandoned

Hopefully have a more positive adoption experience than those in closed adoptions

All of the above

2. Open adoption

Is the best of both worlds

Is always easy and simple

Negates some of the negative aspects found in closed adoptions

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3. Adoptive parents

Don't grieve infertility because now they have a child

Usually have trouble seeing their adopted child as their own

May struggle with insecurity

4. Birth parents in open adoption

Are completely healed because they have continued contact with their child

Sometimes have trouble saying goodbye to their birth child after visits

Co-parent with adoptive parents

Are angry and always resent the adoptive parents

5. A successful open adoption requires

love

friendship

boundaries

prioritizing the needs of the adoptee

all of the above