How Do You Help A Pregnant Teen With Open Adoption?
Being a pregnant teenager is a very difficult and confusing thing, no matter what the teen says. A decision needs to be made and it is not a simple one like what to wear to prom. One possible decision is open adoption. Many believe that open adoption is the best available, as it allows the birth parents to have whatever relationship they feel most comfortable with. Make sure that the pregnant teenager is absolutely confident with her decision to go through the open adoption process. She must know exactly what adoption means: that she is giving up her rights, particularly parenting rights, to her child. Identify exactly what kind of open adoption the teenager would like to have. Many open adoptions allow for the birth parents to have a relationship with the family that they choose to place their child with, or it can simply mean allowing the child to find them parents once that child reaches the age of 18. Choose the family. The teenager needs to feel comfortable and develop a relations