Patricia Irwin Johnston

Adoption Is a Family Affair! (eBook, ePUB)

What Relatives and Friends Must Know, Revised Edition

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A child is coming - whether you approve or not it's time to get with the program!

If someone you care about - a family member, co-worker, or close friend - has recently announced that their family will be growing through adoption, you may have questions. After all, unless you have personally experienced adoption, you may know very little about how adoption works and what it means. Are you worried that your loved one may face disappointment? Do you find yourself wondering exactly what your role is going to be in the child's life? Does the term "open adoption" confuse and concern you? Just what are the privacy boundaries for families built by adoption: what is it okay to ask about?

Adoption Is a Family Affair! will answer all of these questions and more, offering you information about who can adopt, why people consider adopting, how kids understand adoption as they grow up, and more. This short book is crammed full of the 'need to know' information for friends and families that will help to encourage informed, happy and healthy family relationships.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857006196
• Artikelnr.: 38400167

Autorenporträt

Patricia Irwin Johnston is not only a mom through adoption, but a member of a family which includes a birthmother, several adopted people, and several sets of adoptive parents. She is a well known and respected professional educator and volunteers within the infertility and adoption communities, having served on the boards of directors of several influential organizations including RESOLVE and Adoptive Families of America. Pat is the author of several popular books on adoption and infertility and lives in Indianapolis, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Announcement. 2. Your Personal, Private Fears. 3. Turning Loss into
Gain. 4. How Adoption Works: The Facts vs. Myths. 5. Getting Ready. 6. Home
at Last! 7. Parenting in Adoption. 8. Adoption Issues through a Lifetime.
9. Expanding the Family Culture. 10. Special Issues. 11. Adoption and the
Rest of the World. 12. How You Can Learn More.