Question 1

Myth: Children who are adopted are not wanted or loved.

Accepted Answer

Reality: Birthparents love their children greatly and that love never ceases. The choice to make an adoption plan for their child is often extremely difficult and heartbreaking.

Question 2

Myth: My child’s birth parent will try to take the child away from me

Accepted Answer

Reality: Birth parents make an adoption plan for their child because they do not feel like they can parent at that time in their life. They understand that it is a permanent choice. If you have an open adoption, they simply desire a relationship with you and the child. They do not wish to parent or take the child from you.

Question 3

Myth: If my child has contact with their birth parents, they will no longer love me.

Accepted Answer

Reality: Children have the ability to understand the dynamics of their adoption in that they have a birth family and an adoptive family, and they have the capacity to fully love both. In many cases, having an open adoption can further strengthen the bond between you and your child, as you help them process and navigate their adoption story.

Question 4

Myth: Foster care is the same as adoption.

Accepted Answer

Reality: Adoption is very different from foster care. The goal of foster care is to reunite the child with their biological family, while the goal of adoption is permanency. New Hope does not place children in foster care prior to placing them with the adoptive family.

FAQs & Myths About Adoption

Frequently asked questions

How long does the home study process take?

How many Home Study rounds does New Hope do in a year?

After being approved, how long does someone wait to get a placement?

How long does it take to finalize an adoption?

Are most of the expectant mothers you work with local to Syracuse?

Myths About Adoption

Myth: Children who are adopted are not wanted or loved.

Myth: My child’s birth parent will try to take the child away from me

Myth: If my child has contact with their birth parents, they will no longer love me.

Myth: Foster care is the same as adoption.

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