I have experienced firsthand the courage of two birth mothers who chose my husband and me to raise their babies. We met these pregnant women, as well as the birth fathers and birth grandparents, of ...

My husband and I adopted four children over the span of seven years. All of them are open adoptions. These arrangements allow for varying degrees of contact between adoptive and birth families. In our ...

These days, 95% of adoptions are “open,” meaning birth parents, or the birth mother, have some degree of involvement with the adoptive family. Those arrangements vary widely, from occasional pictures ...

Boys & Girls Aid and Open Adoption and Family Services say fewer births and changing attitudes are making adoption more ...

Even as agencies shift to open adoption models, overall adoptions have declined 22% since 2020 in Delaware. Private adoption agencies increasingly are focusing on open adoptions as research supports ...