Should adopted children be returned if their biological parents want them?
... would be taken away. The biological parent signed the rights of ownership over to he state, which in return finds a suiting family for that child. Therefore, they sign their rights away. Once she signs surrender it is no turning back. She has had nine months to reach a decision, and that should be the end of her rights (Heck). “After that child is in a home, bonding with a family, a child should not suffer simply because its mother changed her mind”(Heck). Over the years the child and the adopted parents attachment starts to develop stronger as days pass. The child identifies himself as a part of the adopted family. Psychological harm can form if in some way the adopted family is interrupted. “Since the number of children waiting to be adopted keep rising, people willing to become adoptive parents are being driven away because of the risk and heartache involved in adoption”(Heck). Adoption will not be an option if the parent thought the adopted parent thought the child would be taken away. The once excited new parents would now grieve because the child is ripped from their finished family. That would be a waste of time, love and investment in a new family. Although...