Growing in the Dark: Adoption Secrecy and its Consequences

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Review: I found "Growing in the Dark" articulate, easy to read, and filled with real facts concerning sealed records. I especially like the comments about the birth mother's possible embarrassment not being the fault of the adoptee and that contact can and will be made in a responsible manner. I have long felt that it is the moral, if not legal responsibliity of the birth mother to provide her own child with a record of the facts of that child's birth, a complete medical and social history, and the name of the birth father. We have become a society where no one takes responsibility.

I also like the part about sealed records being a power play. One sees this immediately when one starts to ask questions of the state, agency, court, or even clerks at hospitals. It is so transparent, yet no one mentions it.