In this short insightful discussion, Thomas C. Rector shares his personal evolution from initially resisting open adoption to embracing family in a way that prioritizes the vital connections between adopted children and their birth families.

Thomas C. Rector shares how his family's adoption journey influenced his parenting and the role it played in developing BioSocial Congition

by Thomas C. Rector Several years ago, I participated as a panelist in a training conducted by Patricia Dorner, a national speaker on Open Adoption. As panelists, we shared our open adoption experiences in hopes the audience would be able to relate and therefore gain an insight of its importance. Each time I have participated in these trainings, I have come away with at least one new or reawakened insight. I use the word ‘insight’ for it is a new pattern of thinking rather th