Adoptive Parent Intentional Parent: A Formula for Building & Maintaining Your Child's Safety Net

by Stacy Manning

Adoptive Parent Intentional Parent: A Formula for Building and Maintaining Your Child’s Safety Net is an invaluable tool that adoptive parents will use over and over again. Whether you are in the "waiting stage" or you are two, four, six, or even ten plus years into your adoption...this book will enable you to reframe your situation with a clear vision, new knowledge, tools that work, and the support of others who have walked the path before you. Every child who has been adopted has suffered a breech in attachment; no adopted child is exempt. In addition to attachment issues, some children also suffer with difficult behavior issues amongst diagnoses such as RAD, FAS, and those that suffer with grief, anxiety, sensory issues, and the effects of trauma. The author’s breakthrough concept of intentionally creating a safety net to help your child heal fills the book’s entirety. The four-part formula for Building and Maintaining that safety net is laid out in a detailed and user-friendly fashion. It combines the value of knowing yourself, the power of knowledge, specific tools and techniques that work in everyday life, and the keys to maintaining the net over time to create a plan you can put into motion today.

Genres: Adoption, Parenting

268 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 1, 2013

Reviews

[Karen Cockerill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love

I love this book! Thank you.
I found this book to be helpful in that: the author has both biological and adoptive children thus understands the difference and is able to help you through self-doubt and dealing with that additional layer of parenting; this was the first book that I’ve read that actual spelt out attachment and the styles of attachment; I love the ingredients formula and how it’s used in the book. No prescriptive formula just elements to check and even a step around - okay what if that too is not working. Lastly this was the first book I’ve read that spelt out emotional age. I’m still battling to come to terms with this one however understand the concept and can see how that can help in the way you and others deal with your child . Highly recommended for anyone wanting to adopt or who has adopted

[Nadia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really great book! Lots of practical advice for how to handle our emotions and the emotions with our adoptive or foster kids. This is one I will be referring to option.