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My adad cannot grasp the concept of open adoption. I agree that it is a generational thing. I have explained what open adoption is to him numerous times. He still thinks it would be confusing to the child and still comes up with whe whys and "why would teh birtmother want to interfere and tourture herself. Older people just do not get it. Also too I think when other family members hear of a loved one in an open adoption they fear that the bmom is going to want to take the baby back/
In my adad's case there were only closed adoptions and one time when I was 5 yrs old a friend of his knew of a bmom that was looking to place her baby boy, well my adad did take the baby and the woman kept calling him asking for money so my parents contacted DSS and gave the baby up. So I think this is where the older generation gets these ideas.
EZ
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