How Open Should My Adoption Be?: Levels of Openness in Adoption (Guide to a Healthy Adoptive Family, Adoption Parenting, and Relationships) - Softcover

Elkins, Russell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1511599499 ISBN 13: 9781511599498

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

An open adoption relationship can be scary! Open adoption means that an adopted child has a relationship with his or her biological family. But just how “open” should that relationship be? There is nothing in this world like an open adoption. Because of that, it’s hard to foresee the many different scenarios that will come. You do your best to plan ahead, but you’ll still find yourself in situations you hadn’t fully considered. Should you connect with your child’s birthparents on social media? Should you allow face-to-face visits? How often should you share photos and letters? This book cannot answer these types of questions for you. What it will do, is help you envision how these intimate interactions can positively or negatively affect your relationship so that you can answer them for yourself. It will walk you through many of these situations to help you plan for what could be one of the most rewarding relationships in your life.

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About the Author

Russell Elkins has become a leading expert on open adoption through first-hand experience. He is the author of the popular two-part book series Open Adoption, Open Heart: An Adoptive Father’s Inspiring Journey. Russell and his wife, Jammie, are active members of the adoption community, speaking in public and organizing support groups. They love to educate others of the struggles and beauties of open adoption.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1511599499
• ISBN 13: 9781511599498
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 50
• Editor: Foster Kim