tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post7689864158988755032..comments2023-07-28T02:29:08.172-07:00Comments on Production, Not Reproduction | A blog about open adoption: Just clearing something up...Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05737780263679929983noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-75733089943890379022007-11-19T11:58:00.000-08:002007-11-19T11:58:00.000-08:00Michelle, welcome! Thanks for your comment. Sinc...Michelle, welcome! Thanks for your comment. Since our family is in one open adoption and pursuing a second, I obviously disagree with you on the wisdom of openness. :)<BR/><BR/>That said, your comment illustrates one reason I think it is so important to note the distinction between open <I>records</I> and open <I>adoption</I>. Because someone can still choose to support open records even if they are philosophically opposed to open adoption.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05737780263679929983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-40665535511530154892007-11-18T22:15:00.000-08:002007-11-18T22:15:00.000-08:00That's good that you've highlighted the distinctio...That's good that you've highlighted the distinction--I'm no expert by any means, my only connection is watching my husband help with many adoptions in his time as an attorney, and my own opinion is that open adoptions aren't a good thing. Severing that parent-child bond in something as strong as an adoption should be a complete thing and not a half-done affair. He's had to watch too many couples who've adopted children have to jump through hoops that the biological mother or father have placed on them because of open adoptions. You can't have it both ways: the benefits of having children but have someone else raising them. You're either a parent or you're not, you can't be the biological "mother" that visits occasionally. <BR/><BR/>Just an opinion, as I said. And maybe it's wrong, I don't have enough experience to know if it is but nice post to raise the subject.Scribbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03178711182424809035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-71321853458593916562007-11-12T17:27:00.000-08:002007-11-12T17:27:00.000-08:00Yay you. I am so tired of that inaccurate argumen...Yay you. I am so tired of that inaccurate argument. And I can't believe that certain opponents don't know the difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com