Did you know that it is estimated that approximately one million children in the United States live with adoptive parents, and that between 2-4% of U. S. families include an adopted child (Stolley, 3)? Well, its true! It is estimated that there are approximately 120,000 children adopted each year (Flango and Flango, 1). That is a lot of children, if you ask me! There are more adoptions being issued every year in this country and many reasons why …showed first 75 words of 700 total…

…showed last 75 words of 700 total…time together and with Elizabeth. The adoptive and biological parents negotiate these issues before the child is adopted, and, in some cases, before the child is even born. The biological parents can decide to terminate the adoption if the adoptive parents don’t agree with the biological parent’s wishes. In a closed adoption, there is no share of personal information and the biological and adoptive parents don’t interact or have any personal contact.