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"Mr. Train and I, like many adoptive parents these days, have adopted our son through an open adoption. When we first talked about this with our parents and close friends, a lot of them had a hard time understanding the concept and how it would turn out."

"I’ll admit that my first inclination when Mr. Jacks and I began discussing adoption was to tend towards the international route, so as to avoid any complications or entanglements with a birth family. It wasn’t until I learned more that I realized I might be providing my child with some advantages by having an open adoption."

"I’ve had lots of questions about the type of adoption we entered into with Isaiah. We entered into this as a completely closed adoption."

"When I first heard about open vs closed adoption, I will admit that I had my reservations about the “openness” factor. I wondered what it really meant to have an “open” adoption and if that would make you feel scared as an adoptive parent."

"I love being able to share with others the story of Little Piñata’s open adoption. I think that open adoption can be a scary term for people considering adopting as it sometime implies “co-parenting.” However, that is definitely not the case! Open adoption just means that there is information shared between adoptive and biological parents."