A recent paternity issue involving Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has got some folks wondering: when do kids get their say? Here's the backstory: Texas legend Jerry Jones allegedly fathered a baby girl by a married woman named Cynthia Davis Spencer in 1996. Through...
Being in a state like Texas, there's a lot to unpack when one thinks about open adoption boundaries and barriers. Texas adoption laws allow for open adoptions, yet that any open adoption agreements entered into in Texas are not legally-enforceable. (So yes, parents...
If there's one thing that people need to know coming into the process it's surely this: open adoption is not magic. Open adoption is a kinder way to plan out the future for a child who must be adopted. It is a gentler approach for all the parents involved, so they can...
There is, perhaps, nothing that strikes fear in any parent's heart like a missing child. We are reminded of that anytime we hear of the toll that closed adoptions take on birthparents denied updates on the welfare of the child they once placed. It's a similar theme...
In open adoption, the beauty of birthsiblings is that adoptees can gain the home they most need without losing the sibling connections they're likely to most treasure, over time. At Abrazo, the majority of the children who get adopted here are blest to have...
Moving a child from one family to another means we witness a lot of painful partings, but because Abrazo does open adoption, the day of relinquishment and placement is not, typically, the saddest goodbye. When birthparents legally commit to the surrender of their...
It's normal to wonder how open adoption works, if you've never been a part of one. It's been said that a picture's worth a thousand words. So take a long look at the family photo* that's posted above. It's not a stock photo. These people are for real. What you can see...
Whether you've placed, adopted or you're thinking of either option, you're likely to have to deal with adoption opposition at some point or another. Sometimes, you know who's most likely to have problems with it (and why.) It may be one of your judgemental relatives,...
Can we talk about adoption marketing and baby trafficking? Because both are on the rise in America, and that should be of concern to us all. As one frustrated stranger shared online: "I've been asking about different adoption consultants because I just lost (six...
There's a beautiful, haunting song in the award-winning Broadway show Hamilton, in which the widow of the former treasurer secretary ponders who tells your story, and how and why? Remembering her late husband Alexander Hamilton after his fatal duel, the character...
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