Book Description
More than 70 adoptees share their stories and questions concerning adoption. A great resource for adult adoptees.
Author : Sherrie Eldridge
Publisher : NavPress Publishing Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,16 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Adoptees
ISBN : 9781600065958
More than 70 adoptees share their stories and questions concerning adoption. A great resource for adult adoptees.
Author : Sherrie Eldridge
Publisher : Delta
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 25,69 MB
Release : 2009-10-07
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0307570819
"Birthdays may be difficult for me." "I want you to take the initiative in opening conversations about my birth family." "When I act out my fears in obnoxious ways, please hang in there with me." "I am afraid you will abandon me." The voices of adopted children are poignant, questioning. And they tell a familiar story of loss, fear, and hope. This extraordinary book, written by a woman who was adopted herself, gives voice to children's unspoken concerns, and shows adoptive parents how to free their kids from feelings of fear, abandonment, and shame. With warmth and candor, Sherrie Eldridge reveals the twenty complex emotional issues you must understand to nurture the child you love--that he must grieve his loss now if he is to receive love fully in the future--that she needs honest information about her birth family no matter how painful the details may be--and that although he may choose to search for his birth family, he will always rely on you to be his parents. Filled with powerful insights from children, parents, and experts in the field, plus practical strategies and case histories that will ring true for every adoptive family, Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew is an invaluable guide to the complex emotions that take up residence within the heart of the adopted child--and within the adoptive home.
Author : Fanny Cohen Herlem
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 20,12 MB
Release : 2008-06-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1846428173
Why was I abandoned? Why did my parents adopt me? What if I want to meet my biological parents? Children who find out they are adopted have many questions that are difficult for a parent to answer. This book explores children's thoughts and feelings and provides parents with guidance on how to respond to difficult questions. The author covers all the common questions that children ask and provides sensitive, candid answers in a way that children will be able to understand and relate to. Each chapter is devoted to a particular issue, such as why a child is adopted, who chose the child's first name and what happens when the child grows up. The book recognizes the emotions and reactions of everyone in the family and includes separate conclusions for parents and children. This handy guide offers useful advice for parents and will also be of interest to counsellors and other professionals working with children.
Author : Nicole Chung
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 20,91 MB
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1936787989
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER This beloved memoir "is an extraordinary, honest, nuanced and compassionate look at adoption, race in America and families in general" (Jasmine Guillory, Code Switch, NPR) What does it means to lose your roots—within your culture, within your family—and what happens when you find them? Nicole Chung was born severely premature, placed for adoption by her Korean parents, and raised by a white family in a sheltered Oregon town. From childhood, she heard the story of her adoption as a comforting, prepackaged myth. She believed that her biological parents had made the ultimate sacrifice in the hope of giving her a better life, that forever feeling slightly out of place was her fate as a transracial adoptee. But as Nicole grew up—facing prejudice her adoptive family couldn’t see, finding her identity as an Asian American and as a writer, becoming ever more curious about where she came from—she wondered if the story she’d been told was the whole truth. With warmth, candor, and startling insight, Nicole Chung tells of her search for the people who gave her up, which coincided with the birth of her own child. All You Can Ever Know is a profound, moving chronicle of surprising connections and the repercussions of unearthing painful family secrets—vital reading for anyone who has ever struggled to figure out where they belong.
Author : Paul Baldwin
Publisher : William Morrow & Company
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 18,92 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780688115302
Drawing on the latest facts and figures from dozens of organizations and agencies, this guide to adoption explores legal and technical matters as well as the emotional aspects of adoption. 25,000 first printing. $15,000 ad/promo.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 32,2 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Adopted children
ISBN :
Author : Sherrie Eldridge
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Pub
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 31,34 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781849057745
Written especially for adult adoptees working through complex feelings about being adopted and who are considering finding their birth parents, this book is also an invaluable resources for adoptive or birth parents who want to gain a better insight into their child.
Author : Lois Ruskai Melina
Publisher : Shanti Arts Publishing
Page : pages
File Size : 20,53 MB
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1951651421
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 : Julie Ryan McGue
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 39,23 MB
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1647420512
Julie is adopted. She is also a twin. Because their adoption was closed, she and her sister lack both a health history and their adoption papers—which becomes an issue for Julie when, at forty-eight years old, she finds herself facing several serious health issues. To launch the probe into her closed adoption, Julie first needs the support of her sister. The twins talk things over, and make a pact: Julie will approach their adoptive parents for the adoption paperwork and investigate search options, and the sisters will split the costs involved in locating their birth relatives. But their adoptive parents aren’t happy that their daughters want to locate their birth parents—and that is only the first of many obstacles Julie will come up against as she digs into her background. Julie’s search for her birth relatives spans eight years and involves a search agency, a PI, a confidential intermediary, a judge, an adoption agency, a social worker, and a genealogist. By journey’s end, what began as a simple desire for a family medical history has evolved into a complicated quest—one that unearths secrets, lies, and family members that are literally right next door.
Author : Mike Berry
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,78 MB
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0736976795
Discover What Adoption and Foster Care Really Look Like If you are considering adoption or foster care or are already somewhere in this difficult and complicated process, you need trusted information from people who have been where you are. Mike and Kristin Berry have adopted eight children and cared for another 23 kids in their nine-year stint as foster parents. They aren’t just experts. They have experienced every emotional high and low and encountered virtually every situation imaginable as parents. Now, they want to share what they’ve learned with you. Get the answers you need to the following questions, and many more: Should I foster parent or adopt? How do I know? What is the first step in becoming an adoptive or foster parent? What are the benefits of an open versus closed adoption? How and when do I tell my child that he or she is adopted? How do I help my child embrace his or her cultural and racial identity? Honestly Adoption will provide you with practical, down-to-earth advice to make good decisions in your own adoption and foster parenting journey and give you the help and hope you need.