Making Sense of Adoption A Parent's Guide

Lois Ruskai Melina

ISBN 10: 0060963190 / ISBN 13: 9780060963194

Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, NY, 1989

About this Item

277 pages; Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Light yellowing to pages and to the covers. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages. ; - We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Sense of Adoption A Parent's Guide
• Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060963190
• ISBN 13: 9780060963194
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Paperback Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Good+

About this title

Synopsis

When to tell, What to tell, and How to tell

Children who are adopted have predictable and often unspoken concerns about themselves and how they joined their families. In this wise and timely guide, Lois Melina, author of the classic manual Raising Adopted Children, helps parents anticipate and respond to those concerns in ways that build self-esteem. Through sample conversations, reassuring advice, and age-specific activities parents will find answers to such questions as:

-- When should I give my child the letter her birthmother wrote?
-- How do I share information that might upset my child?
-- How can I know when my child is wondering about adoption?
-- What should I tell school personnel about my child's history? What about family and friends?
-- How can I be sure we talk about adoption enough, but not too much?

Whether parents adopted traditionally, as stepparents, or through donor insemination, surrogacy, or in vitro fertilization, Making Sense of Adoption will open the door to a lifetime of growth and understanding for adoptive families.

About the Author

Lois Ruskai Melina is the editor of Adopted Child newsletter and serves on the board of directors of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of information about adoption and providing guidance for practice and policy change in the field. Melina speaks frequently about adoption to professional organizations and adoptive parents throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia. She is the author of Making Sense of Adoption and the coauthor of The Open Adoption Experience.