Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Should adoption records be open rather than sealed?

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Adoption records should be sealed with the permission of the parent only. If the parent that is giving the child away has to sign at that time wether or not she wants the records to be sealed. once sealed that cannot be changed anymore unless the adopters are willing to search for the parent in case the kid is wanting to meet them. On the other hand I don't think that children should ever be denied the right to meet thier parents. Even if they might not have a chance to create some type of relationship just knowing who means alot. Records should not be sealed because it does not do anybody any good. I think it's selfish of a parent to adopt and then want to in a sense steal that child, like finders keepers. but also if the adopters are rich and the mother is in a poor condition and is trying to take advantage of that is not right either. Finally adoption records should not be sealed because the kid and the parent have the right to know. they have a bond which no one can understand. Even our bond others can't understand. Everyone is different when it comes to this.