Abstract
It is within this promise and threat that the safeguarding of adopted minors from contact that is not mediated that discussions about further openness within adoption offer a feasible solution for alleviating these concerns. Facilitated by social and digital media technologies, the tensions that exist within adoptions that are more open and what it means to be adopted in the digital age are revealed through the previously unheard voices of the adoption triad. Identifying the challenges and managing expectations of the adoption triad in the digital age will require ongoing changes to adoption policy and practices. Working collectively adoption professionals, academics, the government, families that have adopted, and the biological kin can continue to meet the best interest of the adopted individual.
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Samuels, J. (2018). Further Openness in Adoption?. In: Adoption in the Digital Age. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70413-5_5
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