You are in Parenting and Pregnancy . So when he and his second wife decided to adopt a baby, the Angelos opted for an open adoption. They were determined to let their child know everything about his or her birth family. The Angelos are not alone. In the past several decades, the tide has turned from closed adoptions, where all information about the birth and adoptive parents is kept strictly confidential, to open adoption, where some details are shared.
Advocates argue that the trend makes sense.
Open adoption reduces the agony birth parents may feel about not knowing the fate of their baby, they say. It also helps the adoptive parents understand their baby's origins. And someday it may provide the child with solid answers about his or her adoption. The Open Door Policy Tom Angelo agrees. Now she is threatened by Angelo's curiosity about his birth family, reawakened by baby John's adoption.