When it comes to open adoption, whether someone is making a placement plan or thinking of re-establishing lost contact, four words apply: better late than never! Adoption has typically been about timing (bad timing, that is.) Unplanned pregnancy usually is a crisis...
These days, it's not unusual for the public to question why adoption still matters. Or if it still matters, at all. After all, fewer bio-moms now consider placing babies for adoption than ever before. (Which means that hopeful adoptive couples nationwide are waiting...
There's much about adoption that can be good, but an adoption gone wrong is, perhaps, a sin for which there can never be a proper penance. That painful truth came to mind today, as news broke of South Korea's Truth & Reconcilation Commission reporting massive and...
One celebrity divorce in the news lately has us thinking of the cost of a broken adoption promise. It's one which-- sadly-- became a tragedy. Hugh Jackman and his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, are Australian celebrities known intentionally. Their very public divorce is...
Just after a controversial speech in Washington, D.C., Abrazo is already fielding questions about how threats to end birthright citizenship may impact adoption. So let's unpack this together, shall we? What is birthright citizenship, anyway? The United States...
When it comes to open adoption do's & don'ts, there's the obvious and the not-so-obvious. Put the adopted child's needs first, always. Do what you say you will. Call or text at reasonable hours. Don't make surprise visits. Do keep each other informed of address...
Christina was a beloved mother. Grandmother. Birthgrandmother. She was all that, and so much more. She rose to life's challenges with grace, always. (As only she could.). Born and raised in San Antonio, Christina was an LVN, and...
Texas Safe Haven Law and Alternatives If you're concerned about Texas Safe Haven Law, it's important to understand its limitations. While the law provides a legal way to surrender a child anonymously, it often overlooks the emotional and long-term consequences for...
We'll be honest: we don't know how an open adoption works, elsewhere? But here's how open adoption has worked at Abrazo since we started doing it in 1994. Abrazo's favorite adoptions have typically been what is called "full-disclosure open adoptions." That may sound...
Are you new to adoption? We get it. Adoption is an option nobody usually plans to need, until they do, so nearly everyone starts out new to adoption. There's so much to learn about adoption before doing one, because it's a permanent arrangement if it's all done right....
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