{"id":5559,"date":"2024-04-19T13:07:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T17:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heartofadoptions.com\/?p=5559"},"modified":"2024-07-15T14:03:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T18:03:44","slug":"why-we-shouldnt-say-giving-my-baby-up-for-adoption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heartofadoptions.com\/why-we-shouldnt-say-giving-my-baby-up-for-adoption\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we shouldn’t say “Giving my baby up for adoption”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
As an adoption agency, we get lots of phone calls from expectant mothers that start out with the phrase, \u201cI\u2019m thinking about\u00a0giving my baby up for adoption in Florida<\/a>.\u201d While we certainly understand what they mean, we prefer to use adoption positive language in our role as\u00a0Florida adoption professionals<\/a>. Adoption is not “giving up”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The phrase, \u201cgive baby up for adoption,\u201d has been used in movies and television shows for decades, and has therefore become part of our culture\u2019s language around adoption. However, more and more adoption organizations are now advocating that we change the way we talk about adoption. The phrase, \u201cgive baby up for adoption,\u201d tends to imply that a woman\u2019s decision to choose adoption for her child was made hastily or that she has run out of options and must \u201cgive up.\u201d In our experience, and in the experience of many adoption professionals, this couldn\u2019t be further from the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When we re-connect with birth mothers, years after they placed their baby with an adoptive family, they often say that in the end, they are proud of their choice<\/a>. They do not feel that they \u201cgave their baby up for adoption.\u201d These women \u201cchose adoption\u201d for their baby, so that they had the opportunity to live the best life possible. They did not make the decision hastily but did so after much consideration and heartbreak. They made their decision out of love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the end, the reason that we feel so strongly about using positive adoption language<\/a> is that we want to honor and empower birth mothers. We say that a woman chose to \u201cplace their baby for adoption,\u201d that a woman \u201cmade an adoption plan,\u201d or that a woman \u201cchose adoption for her baby.\u201d These phrases all better reinforce the notion that choosing adoption is a loving, selfless act that was made only after much consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are a birth mother looking to create an adoption plan, reach out to us today at 1-800-GO-ADOPT! We are here for you! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As an adoption agency, we get lots of phone calls from expectant mothers that start out with the phrase, \u201cI\u2019m thinking about\u00a0giving my baby up…Read More Why we shouldn’t say “Giving my baby up for adoption”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,14],"tags":[194,30,32,122,106,59,25],"class_list":["post-5559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adoption","category-birth-mom","tag-adoption","tag-adoption-agencies-in-florida","tag-adoption-in-florida","tag-florida-adoption-agency","tag-giving-a-baby-up-for-adoption","tag-giving-baby-up-for-adoption","tag-unplanned-pregnancy-in-florida"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n