Ebook: Adopting: real life stories
Author: Morris Ann
- Tags: Adoption, Adoption--Great Britain, Electronic books, Adoption -- Great Britain, Great Britain
- Year: 2017
- Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- City: Great Britain
- Language: English
- epub
1. So You Want to Adopt? -- 2. First Meetings, First Months -- 3. Adopting Babies and Toddlers -- 4. Adopting Older Children -- 5. Adolescents -- 6. Adopting a Child with a Physical or Learning Disability -- 7. Adopting an Emotionally, Physically or Sexually Abused Child -- 8. Going It Alone -- 9. Same-Sex Couples -- 10. Adopting Siblings -- 11. One Plus One -- Adopting a Second Child -- 12. Adoption, Race and Religion -- 13. Taking in the Child, Taking on the School -- 14. Contact in Adoption -- 15. Attachment Issues -- 16. Breakdown -- 17. Who Am I? Telling, Talking and Needing to Know More -- 18. Tracing and Social Media -- 19. The Birth Mother's Story.;"Who makes adoption a success? We do: the kids and parents in the new family as we change shape to accommodate each other." With more than 70 real life stories, revealing moments of vulnerability and moments of joy, this book provides an authentic insight into adoption. These stories take the reader on a journey through every stage of the adoption process, from making the initial decision to adopt to hearing from adoptees, and offer an informative and emotive account of the reality of families' experiences along the way. It includes chapters on adopting children of all ages as well as sibling groups; adopting as a single parent; adopting as a same sex couple; adopting emotionally and physically abused children; the nightmare of adoption breaking down; contact with birth parents; tracing and social media and more. Adopting: Real Life Stories will be an informative and refreshing read for adopters, potential adopters, professionals and all those whose lives have in some way been touched by adoption or want to know more about it.
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