Closed adoption is when the birth parents can not have any contact with the adoptive parents. Most birth moms want some form of contact, but all are not comfortable. The adoptive parents will not know where the child came from or the birthparents. The child will not know his birth parents, especially before turning 18 years old. He or she may not even know he or she was adopted. Most professionals today wouldn’t consider that the birth parents and adoptive family suggest a closed adoption because there would be certain circumstances where this adoption would be best. Typically, a closed adoption is what is best for the adopted families and birth parents. Birth parents would picture themselves of how life would be after the adoption. Only one person will know what is best for their child, which is the …show more content…
Majority of the privacy that the birth moms are seeking are within a closed adoption. Whomever may be matched for the adoptive family will have the most privacy out of all three adoption types. Privacy has its pros and cons, whereas the adoptive mother doesn’t have to keep the birth parents updated with the child. There will not be any emails or phone calls exchanged. Many may feel as if the reasons are disadvantages, but for some families they are benefits. Birth mothers have every right to not be in contact with the adoptive family. They are missing out on a lot if they choose to do a closed adoption. Without having any updates about the child is happy or not. They also will not know what he or she may look like. After knowing that there will come a question such as “Did I make the right decision?”. This is the reason why many birth moms would consider a semi-open adoption. “Adoptive families who are only interested in closed adoption severely limit themselves to the number of birth mothers they may be matched with.” The few adoptive families who may have found closed adoption a relief of not getting