Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption - Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole

Informationen zum Autor By Lori Holden - With Crystal Hass 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 IntroductionPart One: From fear to family: Parents come together1: What is open adoption?2: What to consider when choosing an agency or adoption professional3: The parents (first- and adoptive-) in an open adoption4: Guideposts from families who have traveled the pathPart Two2: Orienting on the Child, Open Adoption's True North5: Openness and the adoptee6: Heading toward wholeness: integrating the child's biology and biography7: Reality check: it's not always easy8: Openness in foster, international and donor situations9: Especially for birth parents and those who want to connect with them10: Fare WellAppendix AAppendix BResourcesNotesAcknowledgementsIndex

Product details

• Authors: Lori Holden, Holden Lori
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.05.2015
• EAN: 9781442217393
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-1739-3
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Adoption, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Babysitting, Day Care & Child Care, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering, Child care & upbringing, Child care and upbringing: advice for parents, Adoption and fostering: advice and issues