Books About Parenting Adopted Children
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For more than a decade, Kathy Harrison has sheltered a shifting cast of troubled youngsters-the offspring of prostitutes and addicts; the sons and daughters of abusers; and teenage parents who aren't equipped for parenthood. All this, in addition to raising her three biological sons and two adopted daughters. What would motivate someone to give herself over to constant, largely uncompensated chaos? For Harrison, the answer is easy.
A collection of original essays about the experience of adoptive parenting by twenty leading writers includes Emily Prager's piece on her efforts to keep her adopted Chinese daughter in touch with her heritage, Jacquelyn Mitchard's reflections on single-parent adoption, and Jesse Green's experience of adopting with his same-sex partner.
A positive and thought-provoking look at the joys and frustrations of adopting a child offers insights and impressions from those who have undergone the experience, including Rosie O'Donnell, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Pearl S. Buck. Original.
When Love is Not Enough: A Guide to Parenting Children with RAD-Reactive Attachment Disorder brings hope and healing tools to parents and professionals working to help challenging children. Effective interventions, a full step by step plan, clearer insight and understanding make a powerful difference in helping children heal.
This shocking and thought provoking account is the true story of emotionally lost children and how some found their way back. Like a diamond in the rough, all of the kids who killed were tough and protected on the outside while hiding a glimmer of promise inside. For many of these children, the Thomas’s were their last hope.
Raising Children who Refuse to Be Raised is a handbook no natural, foster or adoptive parent should be without. Anyone who lives or works with children with multiple problems who are also frightened, traumatized and angry will benefit from the advice of this master counselor and foster parent.