Modern adoption is a new term you might be hearing on social media and TV

To understand what modern adoption is, you must first understand that adoption is not abandonment. It is choosing life through an act of love. The term “modern” has come into use because people are starting to understand that adoption isn’t negative. Most adoptions today are open adoptions, which means the parents have some sort of relationship with the child.

A strong misconception about adoption is that a mom is abandoning her child

In modern adoption, we look at adoption as choosing to let someone else parent your child. Not everyone wants to be a parent, not everyone is in the position to be a parent and not everyone can afford to be a parent. As a result, choosing adoption allows the birth parents to give their child the best possible life.

The decision to place a child for adoption can happen for many reasons. When a mother chooses to place her baby with another family, she is doing it out of selfless love. She loves her baby and wants what is best for him or her.

The beauty of modern adoption is that birth parents do not have to be strangers

Part of adoption today includes choosing what is best for the mother and her relationship with the child. Some parents want interaction with yearly visits, pictures and videos. However, some want distance with very few updates. No two adoption plans are the same, each is unique to the baby’s parents and the child.

If you are considering adoption, it is important to remember that the woman you meet is a blessing in your life. She is choosing to let you raise her child and giving you all of her parental rights. Understand that it will be joyous for you, but it will be hard for her. In modern adoptions, we encourage adoptive families to give love to their child’s birth mother as much as she will allow.

Adoption can become a beautiful process if we allow it to be. We pray that our ideas of adoption will allow you to see adoption in a new light. We also pray when you encounter a woman who is placing her child that you can be a source of encouragement and remind her that she is acting selflessly. Together we can change the stigma around adoption and allow children to grow up in stable homes. Contact us if you have more questions about the adoption process with our Texas adoption agency.