Open-ended versus close-ended adoptions ignites passionate pleas from both biological and adoptive parents. Adoptive parents tend to want a closed and confidential adoption because they want to be known as the only parents that the child knows instead of having the confusion of two sets of parents. As adoptive parents, the right is theirs to wholly embrace and accept the child as their own without having to deal with the complications or interference there may be with the biological parents. In addition, biological parents often look to have a closed adoption because they do not want to be reminded of what can be viewed as an unforgettable mistake from their past. In defense of the biological parents, they should have the right to not have a connection or future with their child. The biological parent did care enough about the child to bring it into the world. They should have the right to relinquish their child and allow he/she to be taken in by a warm, loving family to move on with their own life and not live a life that is cluttered with a mistake from their past.
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Parents Go Down (Under)Confidential adoptions are an appropriate choice (and often, the only viable choice) when the birth parents are incarcerated, are drug addicted, are emotionally disturbed or have been abusive to the child. Because there is no contact with the birth parents, adoptive parents generally feel more secure in their role as parents and feel like they can move on with life. With a closed adoption the adoptive parents will not have to live in fear, always on the lookout for anyone who resembles their child, fearful that a birth parent will swoop in and steal the child. By having a closed adoption the whole idea of having to deal with the...