Do experts think open adoption is a good idea?
Yes. Most adoption social workers acknowledge that some type of openness in adoption is healthy and desirable. Those best qualified as “experts” may in fact be the adoptees themselves. Among those raised in closed adoptions, the reports are mixed; many report that they are perfectly happy not knowing their birthparents, while others state that they would really like some type of contact with them. Some even report being angry that vital information is being withheld from them. Among those who do have contact, however, the results are much more uniform: overwhelmingly those children and teens raised with an open adoption cannot imagine it any other way.
