Adoption Parenting: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections

Jean MacLeod & Sheena Macrae, PhD

This publication looks at the core issues all members of the adoption triad face, and how they affect parenting techniques that just might not be the right fit for adopted children. Chapters include Getting Started, Claiming, Language, Food, Baggage, Discipline, Loss and Grief, Transitions, Siblings, Narratives, Learning, School, Race, Older Child Adoption, Challenges (including Physical and Emotional issues), Support, Therapy, and Journey. We look hard at the joys and challenges of our rewarding role ... Adoption Parenting!

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