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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a friend who is adopted — private, international — who always knew she wanted to adopt herself (didn’t want to be pregnant and doesn’t like babies).  She preferred to go with an open adoption through foster care with an older child.  Her own experience and [b]all the research suggests that open adoptions are much healthier for adoptees [/b]and I know not having the option to find her birth family has been difficult for her even though she loves her adoptive parents very much.  She fostered two siblings and has since adopted one of them.  I think she’s an excellent parent and adores her daughter but I do know it was harder than she expected.  She currently lives with her husband and her parents and says having four adults to one child feels like the right ratio to her.  So y’know.  Definitely can be a challenge.  As with any parenting journey having help (family or paid) can be helpful.[/quote]

If you have sources for this please post links! Open adoptions are relatively new and I'd be interested to see longitudinal studies especially those that include input from now young-adult adoptees. Also any statistics on the relevance of how open adoption was. (Was it just knowledge of who birth family is, occasional contact with birth family via photo/visits/phone, or full-on immersion with birth family throughout their lives.) Interesting to know how the level of openness affects outcomes for entire family including adoptive parents, not solely adoptees.  [/quote]

NP here. I haven’t done extensive research on this but here is a starting point.
https://www.americanadoptions.com/blog/10-things-that-scientific-research-says-about-open-adoption/
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