Upside Down: Understanding and Supporting Attachment in Adoptive and Foster Families - Softcover

Guerra, Shannon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 173257197X ISBN 13: 9781732571976

Publisher: Copperlight Wood, 2019

Synopsis

Adoptive and foster families working through attachment issues often feel alone. But it doesn’t have to be that way – communities around them can intentionally be part of the solution instead of unintentionally being part of the problem. Without that support, adoptive and foster families live in isolation.Shannon Guerra learned this first-hand after she and her husband adopted two children in 2012, and she started writing shockingly transparent blog posts about what her family was going through at home, at the doctor’s office, and in her heart as a mama. And then adoptive and foster families started writing back. Their overwhelming, unanimous theme was, “This is what I’ve wanted to tell people for so long. I wish everyone who knows our family could read this.” This book is the result. It is now used in churches, offices, ministries, and communities as the must-have, easy-read resource for training and explaining attachment issues to those who need to know as soon as possible how to support adoptive and foster families.In about 100 pages, Upside Down provides information and insight that transforms an outsider’s assumptions into an insider’s powerful perspective. Because adoptive and foster families should never feel alone, and our communities can be equipped to make sure they never feel that way again.

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Review

Shannon writes with raw, real, and hopeful narrative. We would recommend this book to any adoptive family facing attachment issues with their child, and to those who desire to understand and support them.

- Mike and Kristin Berry, founders,
Confessions of an Adoptive Parent
confessionsofanadoptiveparent.com

 
Upside Down is a great resource for adoptive parents and the ones who love them, wisely and compassionately shining a light on the deep challenges involved in parenting children with wounded hearts. If you are such a parent, this book will help you feel supported and understood. If you know and love such a family, you will come away from this book with a whole new level of understanding, and be better able to support your loved ones.

- Mary Ostyn, author of Forever Mom: What to Expect When You're Adopting


In Upside Down, Shannon Guerra has done an amazing job of realistically portraying life with kids from hard places, while remaining hope-filled and positive at the same time. This book is a resource like no other on this topic, and I'm so thankful to have it at the ready to share with anyone who may be parenting children with attachment issues or loves a family who does.

- Amanda Bacon, Proverbs 31 Ministries, co-author of Shiny Things: Mothering on Purpose in a World of Distractions, co-host of All the Mom Things Podcast
 

Two of the most powerful words in the English language are "me too." Reading this book was like sitting down beside a friend who truly understands the challenges of attachment, someone who has walked in my shoes. Adoptive parents, buy this book. Breathe deeply and be encouraged that you are not alone. Friends and families of adoptive parents, buy this book. Learn practical ways to help support children with attachment issues and the families that love them.

 - Shannon Hicks, adoptive mom and Staff Storyteller at Adoption.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Copperlight Wood
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 173257197X
• ISBN 13: 9781732571976
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 115