Making Sense Of Adoption

Author : Lois Ruskai Melina
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062038168
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Sense of Adoption written by Lois Ruskai Melina and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When to tell, What to tell, and How to tell Children who are adopted have predictable and often unspoken concerns about themselves and how they joined their families. In this wise and timely guide, Lois Melina, author of the classic manual Raising Adopted Children, helps parents anticipate and respond to those concerns in ways that build self-esteem. Through sample conversations, reassuring advice, and age-specific activities parents will find answers to such questions as: -- When should I give my child the letter her birthmother wrote? -- How do I share information that might upset my child? -- How can I know when my child is wondering about adoption? -- What should I tell school personnel about my child's history? What about family and friends? -- How can I be sure we talk about adoption enough, but not too much? Whether parents adopted traditionally, as stepparents, or through donor insemination, surrogacy, or in vitro fertilization, Making Sense of Adoption will open the door to a lifetime of growth and understanding for adoptive families.

Author : Betsy Keefer Smalley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child written by Betsy Keefer Smalley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many adopted or foster children have complex, troubling, often painful pasts. This book provides parents and professionals with sound advice on how to communicate effectively about difficult and sensitive topics, providing concrete strategies for helping adopted and foster children make sense of the past so they can enjoy a healthy, well-adjusted future. Approximately one of every four adopted children will have adjustment challenges related to their separation from the birth family, earlier trauma, attachment difficulties, and/or issues stemming from the adoption process. Common complicating issues of adopted children are feelings of rejection, abandonment, or confusion about their origins. While many foster and adoptive parents and even many professionals are reluctant to communicate openly about birth histories, silence only adds to the child's confusion and pain. This revised and significantly expanded edition of the award-winning Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child equips parents with the knowledge and tools they need to communicate with their adopted or foster child about their past. Revisions include coverage of significant new research and information regarding the importance of understanding the child's trauma history to his or her well-being and successful adjustment in his foster or adoptive family. The authors answer such questions as: How do I share difficult information about my child's adoption in a sensitive manner? When is the right time to tell my child the whole truth? How do I obtain more information on my child's history? Detailed descriptions of actual cases help the parent or caregiver find ways to discover the truth (particularly in closed and international adoption cases), organize the information, and explain the details of the past gently to a toddler, child, or young adult who may find it frightening or confusing.

Author : Nancy Newton Verrier
Publisher : British Association for Adoption and Fostering (Ba
ISBN 13 : 9781905664764
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Primal Wound written by Nancy Newton Verrier and published by British Association for Adoption and Fostering (Ba. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1993, this classic piece of literature on adoption has revolutionised the way people think about adopted children. Nancy Verrier examines the life-long consequences of the 'primal wound' - the wound that is caused when a child is separated from its mother - for adopted people. Her argument is supported by thorough research in pre- and perinatal psychology, attachment, bonding and the effects of loss.

Author : Lois Ruskai Melina
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062038168
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Sense of Adoption written by Lois Ruskai Melina and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When to tell, What to tell, and How to tell Children who are adopted have predictable and often unspoken concerns about themselves and how they joined their families. In this wise and timely guide, Lois Melina, author of the classic manual Raising Adopted Children, helps parents anticipate and respond to those concerns in ways that build self-esteem. Through sample conversations, reassuring advice, and age-specific activities parents will find answers to such questions as: -- When should I give my child the letter her birthmother wrote? -- How do I share information that might upset my child? -- How can I know when my child is wondering about adoption? -- What should I tell school personnel about my child's history? What about family and friends? -- How can I be sure we talk about adoption enough, but not too much? Whether parents adopted traditionally, as stepparents, or through donor insemination, surrogacy, or in vitro fertilization, Making Sense of Adoption will open the door to a lifetime of growth and understanding for adoptive families.

Author : Lois Ruskai Melina
Publisher : Shanti Arts Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1951651421
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Grammar of Untold Stories written by Lois Ruskai Melina and published by Shanti Arts Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen essays ranging from lyric essays to narrative journalism address how we make sense of what we cannot know, how we make change in the world, how we heal, and how we know when we are home. Collectively, these essays convey the longing for agency and connection, particularly among women. They will resonate with readers of all ages, but perhaps especially with women in the second half of life, those dealing with aging parents, retirement, illness, and accompanying vulnerabilities. Here readers will find comfort within keen reflection upon life's ambiguities.

Author : Rumaan Alam
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062667629
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book That Kind of Mother written by Rumaan Alam and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED A RECOMMENDED BOOK OF 2018 BY: Buzzfeed • The Boston Globe • The Millions • InStyle • Southern Living • Vogue • Popsugar • Kirkus • The Washington Post • Library Journal • Real Simple • NPR “With his unerring eye for nuance and unsparing sense of irony, Rumaan Alam’s second novel is both heartfelt and thought-provoking.” — Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere From the bestselling author of Leave the World Behind, a novel about the families we fight to build and those we fight to keep Like many first-time mothers, Rebecca Stone finds herself both deeply in love with her newborn son and deeply overwhelmed. Struggling to juggle the demands of motherhood with her own aspirations and feeling utterly alone in the process, she reaches out to the only person at the hospital who offers her any real help—Priscilla Johnson—and begs her to come home with them as her son’s nanny. Priscilla’s presence quickly does as much to shake up Rebecca’s perception of the world as it does to stabilize her life. Rebecca is white, and Priscilla is black, and through their relationship, Rebecca finds herself confronting, for the first time, the blind spots of her own privilege. She feels profoundly connected to the woman who essentially taught her what it means to be a mother. When Priscilla dies unexpectedly in childbirth, Rebecca steps forward to adopt the baby. But she is unprepared for what it means to be a white mother with a black son. As she soon learns, navigating motherhood for her is a matter of learning how to raise two children whom she loves with equal ferocity, but whom the world is determined to treat differently. Written with the warmth and psychological acuity that defined his debut, Rumaan Alam has crafted a remarkable novel about the lives we choose, and the lives that are chosen for us.

Author : Tony Dungy
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0736973257
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Chose You written by Tony Dungy and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every Family is Created by God God forms families in many different ways and sizes, but all are equally important and special. When adopted son Calvin needs to tell about his family for a class assignment, he discovers his parents were praying for him long before they chose him. Not only that, but God chose them for Calvin. It wasn't by chance and it wasn't an accident. It was according to His plan. We Chose You was written to communicate to all children, whether birthed or adopted, that they are chosen. That they are secure. That they are loved. This is a message every child needs to hear. Let this book give you the words to tell your child about your family's unique story.

Author : Paul David Tripp
Publisher : New Growth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781934885314
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Helping Your Adopted Child written by Paul David Tripp and published by New Growth Press. This book was released on 2008-10-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before you decided to adopt, long before your child was born, God planned to put your adopted child into your home. Your child is an amazing gift from God, but nurturing an adopted child also brings unique challenges. Understanding your adopted child from God's perspective will allow you to address those challenges by faith and with ...

Author : Debbie Riley
Publisher : C A S E Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780971173224
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beneath the Mask written by Debbie Riley and published by C A S E Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marianne Novy
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472115075
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading Adoption written by Marianne Novy and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A literary scholar who is an adult adoptee delves into one of the enduring themes of literature--the child raised by other parents