How to Use open adoption in a Sentence

open adoption

noun

• The contract didn’t lay out any provisions of an open adoption.
  — oregonlive, 15 Nov. 2019
• But our once-very open adoption has dwindled over the years, mostly because her other mama has pulled away from us.
  — Leah Campbell, Glamour, 21 June 2019
• Yet open adoption is much less common when children are adopted from foster care.
  — Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2019
• Two years into an eight-year sentence, Morgan hopes that reading from afar to her son, who was taken in by his uncle through an open adoption, will help her stay connected to him.
  — Erin Quinn-Kong, Woman's Day, 23 Aug. 2018
• Through a Google search, the two found The Cradle, and Hamrin started to learn more about adoption, especially the concept of an open adoption, where the child and adoptive parents have a relationship with the birth parents.
  — Kate Thayer, chicagotribune.com, 20 Nov. 2019
• Her biological parents have an open adoption agreement to stay in contact with her.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2022
• Initially, Mike was leery of open adoption, but Kristie gradually convinced him that such arrangements were best for children.
  — Anndee Hochman, Philly.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• The family struggled to find a therapist who could understand the circumstances of their open adoption, which involved input from each of their girls' birth families.
  — oregonlive, 15 Nov. 2020
• Legally freed for adoption, Makaila maintains regular contact with her birth parents through an open adoption agreement.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2019
• Bershadker points to another reason for open adoptions: the estimated 1.5 million cats and dogs that die in U.S. shelters every year.
  — Arin Greenwood, chicagotribune.com, 5 Feb. 2018
• Any interested family should be willing to maintain an open adoption with their birth mother.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2018
• More than a dozen states are currently considering legislation to open adoption records (to varying degrees).
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2021
• There are numerous studies showing the benefit of open private infant adoption, but little attention has been given to open adoption after foster care.
  — Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2019
• Organizations practicing open adoptions generally do not do home visits or phone landlords to make sure pets are allowed.
  — Arin Greenwood, chicagotribune.com, 5 Feb. 2018
• The research clearly shows that open adoption is better, psychologically.
  — The Cut, The Cut, 5 Apr. 2018
• The appeal of international adoption during the peak years coincided with changes in American adoption laws that permitted open adoptions with birthparents having more rights to involvement in the lives of their children, Melson says.
  — Marice Richter, star-telegram, 27 Oct. 2017
• Research has found that open adoption leads to fewer behavioral problems, better emotional adjustment, more positive identity formation, and higher self-esteem in adoptees.
  — Sara Gaynes Levy, PEOPLE.com, 18 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024