Parenting Your Adopted Child : A Positive Approach to Building a Strong Family
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (714 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0071409807 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Appeared in Adoptive Families magazine. "Parenting Your Adopted Child… offers friendly and knowledgeable advice on tailoring your parenting approach to suit your child’s individual needs." -- Reviewed by Jana Wolff, author of Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother
Good book for many types of parents M. Walters This is a good book to have in any home's collection of adoption books. It discusses a variety of different topics, and covers everything from infancy to teen years. While some of the aspects of the book were not useful yet (I am adopting a young child), the resources in this book will be valuable as she grows up. Worth your consideration.. The Adoption book I've been waiting for This is the adoption book I've been hoping to find! It's title is right; it is a positive approach to adoptive parenting. Some adoption books will focus on all the negatives and exhaust every possible syndrome, disorder, and complex blaming them all on adoption making the soon-to-be adoptive parent scared to death. If you want a book that touts all the most recent modern psychobabble this is not the book for you. Instead, if you want a book that is bal. Thought this would be positive, but actually very negative and fear-based Elizabeth Simson I picked up this book because I'm an adoptive parent and was hoping for some insights into attachment, talking about adoption with neighbors, school teachers, etc. Unfortunately this book provides only basic info about the adoption process in general and is biased against openness in favor of "confidential" (i.e. closed) adoptions. The example given is that a closed adoption may be best because your adopted child's birth siblings might lead them into d
A refreshingly positive and practical approach to parentingParents of adopted children face some unique challenges in addition to all the “regular” issues that come with being a parent. Parenting Your Adopted Child provides helpful tools that enable families to understand and counter common myths about adoption that may be harmful to their children. It also clearly demonstrates how parents can effectively tailor their parenting approach to suit their child’s distinct needs.Written by a renowned pediatrician who specializes in helping adopted children and their families, Parenting Your Adopted Child answers such common concerns as: Why, when, and how do I explain adoption to my child and others? How can I help my child deal with adoption at different stages of life? How do I nurture a strong relationship between siblings? How do I bond with my newborn?
Dr. Andrew Adesman, M.D. (Roslyn, NY) is chief of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at Schneider Children’s Hospital and associate professor of pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Adesman also serves as director of the Adoption Evaluation Center and the neonatal developmental follow-up program at Schneider Children’s Hospital.Christine Adamec (Palm Bay, FL) is the author or coauthor of