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Informationen zum Autor Lori Holden , a veteran parent of two young adults, writes at LavenderLuz.com and hosts the podcast Adoption: The Long View. She’s the author of the acclaimed book The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole (recommended by People magazine in 2021), written with her daughter’s birth mom and featured on adoption-agency required-reading lists across the country. She has keynoted and presented at adoption conferences around the US and Canada, and her work has appeared in magazines such as Parenting and Adoptive Families . In 2018, she was honored as an Angel in Adoption® by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI). She lives in Denver, Colorado. Klappentext The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption is a guide for those involved in adoption- domestic, international, and foster, as well as those who come to parenting via assisted reproduction-as it helps readers create and sustain a positive and workable open adoption arrangement that puts the child at the center. Zusammenfassung The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption is a guide for those involved in adoption— domestic, international, and foster, as well as those who come to parenting via assisted reproduction—as it helps readers create and sustain a positive and workable open adoption arrangement that puts the child at the center. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part One: From fear to family: Parents come together 1: What is open adoption? 2: What to consider when choosing an agency or adoption professional 3: The parents (first- and adoptive-) in an open adoption 4: Guideposts from families who have traveled the path Part Two: Orienting on the Child, Open Adoption's True North 5:Openness and the adoptee 6: Heading toward wholeness: integrating the child's biology and biography 7: Reality check: it's not always easy 8: Openness in foster, international and donor situations 9:Especially for birth parents and those who want to connect with them 10: Fare Well Appendix A Appendix B Resources Notes Acknowledgements Index ...
