Prior to 1990, fewer than five percent of domestic infant adoptions were open. com, has been listed by Adoptive Families Circle, Circle of Moms.
Her articles have also appeared in Parenting magazine, Conceive magazines, and Adoptive Families magazine Her blog, Lavender Luz.
About the Author: Lori Holden was named a Top 10 "Must-Read Mom" by Parenting magazine and was honored at the annual Blog Her Conference.
More than a how-to, this book shares a mindset, a heartset, that can be learned and internalized, so parents can choose to act out of love and honesty throughout their child\'s growing up years, Helping that Child to Grow up whole.
By putting the adopted Child at the center, families can come to enjoy the benefits of Open adoption and mitigate the challenges that may arise.
Through their own stories and those of other families of Open adoption, Lori and Crystal review the secrets to success, the pitfalls and challenges, the joys and triumphs.
Like all useful parenting books, it provides parents with the tools to come to answers on their own, and answers questions that might not yet have come up.
It covers common open-adoption situations and how real families have navigated typical issues successfully.
This book offers readers the tools and the insight to do just that.
But knowing how to handle these situations and how to continue to make arrangements work for the Child involved is paramount.
Tensions can arise even in the best of circumstances.
It\'s a lifestyle that may feel intrusive at times, be difficult or inconvenient at other times.
There are many resources on why to do Open adoption, but what about how? Open adoption isn\'t just something parents do when they exchange photos, send emails, share a visit.
Yet these agencies do not often or adequately prepare either adopting parents or birth parents for the road ahead of them The adult parties in Open adoptions are left floundering.
In 2012, ninety percent or more of adoption agencies are recommending Open adoption.
Prior to 1990, fewer than five percent of domestic infant adoptions were open
