The Everything Parent's Guide to Raising Your Adopted Child: A complete handbook to welcoming your adopted child into your heart and home

by Corrie Lynne Player, Brette McWhorter Sember, Mary C. Owen

For the estimated 2 million families in the United States waiting to adopt a child, the decision of which avenue to pursue can be overwhelming: domestic or international, older child versus younger, children with special needs-and the list goes on. This title offers all the information any potential or newly adoptive parent might need. This essential guidebook is packed with reassuring advice on how to handle the most common issues: questions to ask before adopting; bonding techniques-from newborn to teenager; adopting children with special needs; navigating international adoptions; helping the adopted child understand and cope with feelings of loss and abandonment; and navigating blended families, single parenting, or same-sex partnerships. With this book by their side, adoptive parents will bond with their child for a lifetime!

Genres: Parenting, Adoption

304 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Rebekah Mugenyi · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good book for anyone seeking to adopt a child, or anyone who is interested in the process. It's organized quite well and gives a sort of foundational/encyclopedic overview on adoption.

The key areas being:

Is adoption right for you?

Growing areas of adoption

Preparing for adoption

Open vs. Closed Adoptions

Adoption Outside your Ethnic Group

International Adoptions

Adopting Through the Foster Care system

Adoption of different age groups (This is broken down further into: infants and toddlers, preschool children, etc.)

Adoption of special needs children

Dynamics of Biological and Adoptive Relationships

Emotional Pitfalls for Adopted Children

Answering the hard Questions

Creating and strengthening family bonds

Unique discipline issues for adopted children

searching for your adopted child's birth family

and,

Helping Adopted Children Become Adults.

There are additional resources, websites, and more.

[Sean · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very informative and insightful book as Erin and I move forward in considering adoption. It brought up great points, topics of discussion and helped us articulate or further explore our opinions on items involved in adoption. 👍

[Carolyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good little overview. It not only covers the aspects of adopting an infant through an agency/private placement but covers adopting through foster care. It also covers the unique difference in adopting an infant, a toddler, a school aged child, and a teenager, as well as a child with special needs.

[Seth Goldsmith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book. I like that this book covers adoption from foster care. Many books skip this aspect of adoption and focus only on infant adoption.