7 Heartwarming Adoption Quotes

Whether you’re a birth parent, adoptive family or adoptee, adoption quotes are a great way for you to gain a different perspective on the process.

Learning about how other people experience adoption can help you see adoption from all aspects of the adoption triad.

Below, we’ve compiled seven of the top adoption quotes that will allow you to look at adoption from all angles.

They’ll help you understand some of the emotions from families who have been in your shoes and others’ shoes.

Adoption Quotes for Adoptive Families

1. Open Adoption Quotes

When you’re pursuing adoption, you can have an open adoption relationship with the birth parent. This means that identifying information is shared, and you will stay in contact before and after the adoption has been completed.

The amount of contact you share can vary depending on how comfortable you are with each other. Most families find it beneficial to maintain some form of contact.

“An open adoption isn’t necessarily a back door for the birth parents to come back and take their baby; it’s just more people to love your kid, that’s kind of how I see it,” Cathy said about her adoption relationship. “Don’t be afraid of open adoption; it can be awesome. You go into it thinking you’re going to have this complicated situation that will cause you heartbreak. I’m just glad that we didn’t let our fear of hardship get in the way of doing it because we ended up having the easiest, best adoption you could ask for.”

2. Long Wait Adoption Quotes

Although we will do everything we can to minimize your wait time, some families experience longer-than-average wait times.

You can minimize your adoption wait time by being open to certain adoption preferences like race and contact during and after the adoption has been completed.

At American Adoptions, our average wait time is around 9-12 months after activation. Many families that experience longer wait times find them to be worth it.

3. Quotes about Adoption Disruptions

Adoption disruptions aren’t common, but they can still happen. When you work with our agency, you’ll be financially protected in case of a disruption.

Although we can’t eliminate the emotional loss, we can eliminate any financial loss. Many of our families that have experienced a disruption have gone on to bring a loving child into their families.

“As hard it was, we knew we were there for a reason,” Lindsey said about her adoption journey. “Our presence there allowed the biological parents to realize they were meant to keep their son. We were ultimately happy that the baby boy was with his parents. It was hard, but that was our journey and how it was supposed to be — which, of course, led us to Naomi.”

Adoption Quotes for Adoptees

1. Adoption Quotes about Connecting with Birth Parents

One of the most common feelings many adoptees feel is the need to connect with their past. When you’re searching for answers, you may want to reach out to your birth parents to learn about your identity. For some, it isn’t that easy.

Some adoptees are involved in closed adoptions, meaning they have no information about their birth parents.

Now, it’s more common than ever for birth parents and adoptive families to share an open adoption relationship. This can help you reach out to your birth parents whenever you want to talk to them.

2. Adoption Quotes about Finding Love and Opportunity

When birth parents place their children for adoption, they’re doing so because they know that their child will have a better life as a result.

Many adoptees find that their lives are forever changed because of their adoption stories. Adoption allows you to find happiness from people who love and support you the most.

“Of all people in this world, my mom and dad deserved to be parents,” adoptee Scott Mars said about his adoptive parents. “Without adoption, my parents would not have been able to share their love and their life and give someone the life that I had. Because of adoption, my life was filled with love and opportunity.”