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Adoption Experience: Families Who Give Children a Second Chance

  • ISBN-13: 9781853027833
  • Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
  • By Ann Morris
  • Price: AUD $40.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/08/1999
  • Format: Paperback (233.00mm X 155.00mm) 224 pages Weight: 354g
  • Categories: Teenagers: advice for parents [VFXC1]
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A collection of real-life stories of adopters which takes the reader through every stage of the adoption process starting with the moment when they decide that adoption is the right option for them to the stories of adoptees brought up by adoptive parents. In between, the book looks at all the different types of adoption that are carried out by all sorts of families from all sorts of children of every race and age, and with every kind of problem. They range from babies who are only days old when they are taken into an adoptive family to teenagers with a multitude of psychological and physical problems. It looks at both the success and failure of these adoptions. Its aim is to inform and enlighten professionals, adopters, potential adopters and all those whose lives have in some way been touched by adoption or want to know more about it.
You want to adopt; first meetings, first months, falling in love - good times, bad times, bonding; adopting babies and toddlers; adopting schoolchildren; taking on an adolescent; adopting children with a physical or mental disability; adopting a physically or sexually abused child; unusual adopters - single parents, unmarried couples, homosexuals, adoption over birth choice; adoption and race; openness in adoption; attached or unattached, the ongoing problem; the nightmare - when an adoption breaks down; telling and talking; tracing; the birth mother's story; what adoptees say.
This collection of first hand experiences of adoption has been compiled by Adoption UK. It is aimed primarily at adopters and prospective adopters and has the express aim of encouraging those who are thinking about adoption to consider it more seriously. However, it will be of general interest and offers an engaging and informative read for anyone interested in the adoption process and the issues it raises. Adoption UK believe that all children have a right to a family life, and lament the number of children who still wait for suitable adopters- particularly black children, older white children and children with disabilities. Through adopters own experiences the book covers the decision to adopt and the process of adoption, the adoption of school children and adolescents, children with a physical or learning disability, children who have been abused, adoption by single parents and gay couples and race and adoptions.
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