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A guide for adoptive parents that covers such topics as bonding, effects on the family, explaining to the adopted child, medical history, contact with biological relatives, ethnic identity, international adoption, and behavioral problems. Also includes practical resources on child-rearing leave, health insurance, naturalization, and other related topics.
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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...
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"In 2008, Ann and Dan made the life-altering decision to start a family. In their mid-forties and inspired by various stories that they had heard, the couple decided to adopt special needs children through foster care. Not wanting to separate siblings, Ann and Dan's family eventually grows to seven, first with the adoption of Jimmy and Ruby, and then Jason, Susie, and Anthony. Poignant and heartfelt, We Adopted Five Special-Needs Foster Kids is for...
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