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Originally Posted by Oceans
Now I may be TOTALLY off base on this and please correct me if I am but I have gathered from reading some threads here (a.com) that many, not all (you for example) adoptive parents wanted a more closed adoption and decided IA was best for their family...
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Hi Oceans! Yes, I think this is often the case (though perhaps not as much as some might sterotype). Which is part of what lead me to characterize IA as 15 or 20 years behind domestic. Twenty years ago there was also an assumption by both B-parents and A-parents that closed adoption was both the norm and preferable.
And yes, I think sometimes agencies must assume that that is what IA parent want to hear. but I also just wonder if some international agencies (or the international staff at dual agencies) just don't care to educate themselves about these issues. . .