Books, Parenting & Families, Adoption

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Sherrie Eldridge
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
by Delta (Paperback) (Release Date: 1999-10-12)

"Birthdays may be difficult for me.""I want you to take the initiative in opening conversations about my birth family.""When I act out my fears in obnoxious ways, please hang in there with me.""I am afraid you will abandon me."The voices of adopted children are poignant, questioning. And they tell a familiar story of loss, fear, and hope. This extraordinary book, written by a woman who was adopted herself, gives voice to children's unspoken concerns, and shows adoptive parents how to free their kids from feelings of fear, abandonment, and shame.With warmth and candor, Sherrie Eldridge reveals the twenty complex emotional issues you must understand to nurture the child you love--that he must grieve his loss now if he is to receive love fully in the future--that she needs honest information about her birth family no matter how painful the details may be--and that although he may choose to search for his birth family, he will always rely on you to be his parents.Filled with powerful ...

Heather T. Forbes
Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control: A Love-Based Approach to Helping Attachment-Challenged Children With Severe Behaviors
by Beyond Consequences Institute, LLC (Paperback)

Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control covers in detail the effects of trauma on the body-mind and how trauma alters children’s behavioral responses. The first four chapters help parents and professionals clearly understand the neurological research behind the basic model given in this book, deemed, 'The Stress Model.' While scientifically based in research, it is written in an easy to understand and easy to grasp format for anyone working with or parenting children with severe behaviors. The next seven chapters are individually devoted to seven behaviors typically seen with attachment-challenged children. These include lying, stealing, hoarding and gorging, aggression, defiance, lack of eye contact, and yes, even a chapter that talks candidly about how parents appear hostile and angry when they work to simply maintain their families from reaching complete states of chaos. Each of these chapters talks in depth on these specific behaviors and gives vivid and contrasting ...

Karyn Purvis, David Cross, Wendy Sunshine
The Connected Child: Bring hope and healing to your adoptive family
by McGraw-Hill (Paperback)

The adoption of a child is always a joyous moment in the life of a family. Some adoptions, though, present unique challenges. Welcoming these children into your family--and addressing their special needs--requires care, consideration, and compassion. Written by two research psychologists specializing in adoption and attachment, The Connected Child will help you: -- Build bonds of affection and trust with your adopted child -- Effectively deal with any learning or behavioral disorders --Discipline your child with love without making him or her feel threatened

Jennings Michael Burch
They Cage the Animals at Night
by Perfection Learning (Unknown Binding)

One rainy day in Brooklyn, Jennings Michael Burch's mother, too sick to care for him, left him at an orphanage, saying only, "I'll be right back." She never returned. Shuttled through a series of bleak foster homes and institutions, he never remained in any of them long enough to make a friend. Instead, Jennings clung to a tattered stuffed animal, his sole source of warmth in a frightening world. This is the poignant story of his lost childhood. But it is also the triumphant tale of a little boy who finally gained the courage to reach out for love-and found it waiting for him.

Nancy Verrier
The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child
by Nancy Verrier (Paperback)

Deborah D. Gray
Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents
by Perspectives Press (IN) (Hardcover)

Proper attachment is the most fundamental issue in a successful adoption, but what exactly does the term mean? Attaching in Adoption answers that question thoroughly, and it provides solutions to a variety of specific attachment problems. Along with technical explanations of challenges such as self-esteem, childhood grief, and limit-testing, the book includes a tremendous number of personal vignettes illustrating attachment-related situations. Parents who are convinced that only their child has ever behaved a certain way are sure to take comfort in these stories; not only do they include kids from all backgrounds and age groups, but each has an ultimately happy ending. The emotional health of the whole family is also paramount according to the book--with plenty of rest and "alone time," caregivers are more likely to be emotionally available when they are most needed. Because Attaching in Adoption focuses on special needs, families who are coming ...

Laura Berman
Passion Prescription, The: Ten Weeks to Your Best Sex -- Ever!
by Hyperion (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2006-01-25)

The definitive guide to a sexual makeover for women of all agesIn The Passion Prescription, Dr. Laura Berman, the nation's leading sex therapist, offers women a step-by-step guide for making over their sex lives in just 10 weeks. Whether married or single, young or old, every woman can find the tools to create the sex life she wants and deserves. Each chapter explores a different facet of women's sexuality, including tailored recommendations and 'homework,' designed to deliver every woman to sexual satisfaction at the end of the 10 weeks. And since sex is always a couples issue, a Guy's Guide at the end of each chapter summarizes the key points that he needs to know. Dr. Berman also fills in the information gap about medical interventions for women's sex lives. She offers women up-to-the-minute medical guidance for optimizing their sexual health. Her approach includes quizzes for getting to the root of specific sexual challenges and resources for finding the care women need. This ...

Mary Hopkins-Best
Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft
by Perspectives Press (IN) (Paperback)

Daniel A. Hughes
Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children
by Jason Aronson (Hardcover)

"With the unmistakable authority of a clinician, Dan Hughes builds a stirring story around the composite figure of Katie-a fragmented, tormented, isolated little girl in foster care whose terror, shame, rage and despair drive her to deeds like lacing the family hamburger with her own feces-in order to expose the tragedy of the attachment-impaired child. A Jason Aronson Book"

Gregory Keck, Regina M. Kupecky
Parenting the Hurt Child : Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow
by Pinon Press (Hardcover)

Your Hurt Child Can Heal and Grow. When a child is adopted, he can arrive with hurts from the past—pain that stunts his emotional growth, and your family’s life, too. At some point your parenting dreams can shatter, and raising a hurt child becomes more like a burden than a blessing. But don’t give up. With time, patience, informed parenting, and appropriate therapy, your adopted child can heal, grow, and develop beyond what seems possible now. From insights gathered through years of working with adopted kids who have experienced early trauma, Gregory C. Keck and Regina M. Kupecky explain how to manage a hurting child with loving wisdom and resolve, and how to preserve your stability while untangling their thorny hearts. "We hope that what we share will give you strength, courage, and commitment," write the authors. "We hope you will tap into your own resources and creativity to become the parent you’ve always wanted to be." If you’ve adopted a child, ...

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