First Steps in Parenting the Child Who Hurts: Tiddlers and Toddlers

Caroline Archer

ISBN 10: 1853028010 / ISBN 13: 9781853028014

Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd, 1999

About this Item

1999. 2nd Edition. Paperback. A "must have" book for both adoptive parents and for those professionals who help adoptive families forge new family ties.the author, herself an adoptive parent, addresses a wide variety of very complex topics with a marked sensitivity to the varying needs of children who may have had a wide range of early life experiences. Num Pages: 128 pages, glossary, reference. BIC Classification: JKSB1; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244. . . . . .

Seller Inventory # V9781853028014

Bibliographic Details

• Title: First Steps in Parenting the Child Who Hurts: Tiddlers and Toddlers
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853028010
• ISBN 13: 9781853028014
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

`This excellent book looks at the attachment and development of very young children in the fostering and adoption situation. It deals sensitively and practically with the young child's "hurts" to help adopters and foster carers understand and cope with the many traumas they may experience in integrating a young child into their family. Caroline Archer is a real adoptive parent speaking from experience so this book provides good, practical advice and encouragement for the mothering figure when things are not following the normal attachment and development patterns… This highly readable book is highly recommended for everyone fostering or adopting very young children.'

- Adoption and Fostering

`Written by an adoptive parent [this book aims] to give practical advice and parenting tips to other adoptive and long-term foster parents. The author's basic premise is that all children who have been adopted or placed in long-term care have undergone some form of psychological hurt. She argues that while some children will be more resilient to this hurt than others, many children will need their hurt to be acknowledged by their parents/carers, and be allowed to grieve for their losses in order to move forward to a life of greater well-being and fulfilment. [The book begins] by exploring such issues as bringing a child home, child development and what to do when things "don't seem quite right". Other issues covered are the effects of trauma on a child, and how to handle specific difficulties that may arise with an adopted child. [It is] written in a clear easy-to-read format, and contain[s] a list of references for further reading.'

- Family Matters

About the Author

Caroline Archer is an adoptive parent, an independent consultant in post-adoption support and a therapeutic parent mentor. She is also the bestselling author of Reparenting the Child who Hurts: A Guide to Healing Developmental Trauma and Attachment, First Steps in Parenting a Child who Hurts: Tiddlers and Toddlers 2nd Edition, and Next Steps in Parenting a Child who Hurts: Tykes and Teens (with Christine Gordon).