Books about Parenting Adopted Teens and Tweens

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The search for one's self during the challenging teen years can be even more difficult for the adopted teen. Many adopted teens have unanswered questions that may result in fear, anger, and low self-esteem. These feelings may be compounded by the isolation they feel because most friends and family members cannot fully relate to their situation.

In these wonderfully straightforward accounts of what it means to children to be adopted, nineteen boys and girls, from eight to sixteen years old—and from every social background—confide their feelings about this crucial fact of their lives. It is deeply affecting to listen to these children as they reveal their questions, frustrations, difficulties, and joys with an honesty that is immediate, convincing, and stirring.

Working with adopted adolescents is complex. The key to successful therapy and healthy development is to help the adolescent discover and accept the person within. Parents will discover the six most common adoption stuck-spots, the complexities of adoption, the adopted teen’s quest for identity how therapy may help the adoptive families learn and grow together. Therapists and clinicians will discover a broad knowledge base on adoption a step-by-step assessment process, clinical intervention strategies, a wealth of case histories, treatment resources and therapy tools.