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Loading ...Fasten Your Sweet Belt by Jodi Jackson Tucker is a must read for any adoptive parent. Using personal stories, firsthand accounts from adoptive children and refreshing humor, the author and her 15 year-old adopted daughter dispense insightful wisdom on the do’s and don’ts of the journey of building a family through older child adoption. Jodi [...]
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Part 1 of Adopting the Older Child, features Paula St. John discussing the unique challenges and rewards of adopting older children.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Part 2 of Adopting the Older Child features Darren and Cheryl Macdonald, who share their family’s experience of adopting an 11 year girl from Russia.
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Sadly, the world is full of children who have been hurt by someone they should have been able to trust. If you’ve chosen to bring one of these children into your family, you likely have hopes, dreams, and images of success. Dreams and images that might now look dark and hopeless. In this updated and [...]
(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5) Loading ...Society tends to sugar-coat adoption, believing that adoptive parents are saints and the adopted child should be grateful to have a family. Unfortunately, particularly when adopting older children, adoptive families are not well-equipped nor adequately prepared to appropriately deal with all of the emotional, behavioral and/or psychological issues these children hold within themselves. When the [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...In his newest release, Dr. Gregory C. Keck offers new insights and parenting strategies relative to adolescents, especially adopted adolescents. Parents will find humor and relief as they realize their role in their child’s journey. And once you understand your role in their journey, you will be more effective in your role as a parent. [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...“One of the truly fine books in its genre, rich with insights and practical counsel.” It includes the pros, cons, and how-to’s for an increasingly popular option. A first-rate examination of the older-child adoption process which reckons with the feelings and reactions of everyone involved.-new and foster parents, adoptive and biological children, and the intermediating social [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Schooler’s strength lies in her relating the emotional issues of adoption: identity, grief and barriers to attachment…As a mother of four adopted sons, I found this book to be beneficial. –Katrina Schmitz, Christian Retailing, April 15, 1993.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Toddler Adoption is a resource designed to help adopting parents and placing professionals involved in adoptions of children in the unique developmental stage from ages one to three, usually referred to as toddlerhood. Books focusing on parenting an adopted infant, and those written for the special needs adopters of school-aged children contain little of relevance [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Adoption practices have evolved considerably since this book’s first publication in 1986, and the new version of the “Dr. Spock for adoptive parents” reflects the latest theories. Drawing on the findings and practices of pediatricians, social workers, scientists, and adoptive parents, Raising Adopted Children is carefully and thoroughly researched. Chapters on open adoption, international adoption, and [...]
