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"I want you to take the initiative in opening conversations about my birth family."

"When I act out my fears in obnoxious ways, please hang in there with me."

"I am afraid you will abandon me."

The voices of adopted children are poignant, questioning. And they tell a familiar story of loss, fear, and hope. This extraordinary book, written by a woman who was adopted herself, gives voice to children's unspoken concerns, and shows adoptive parents how to free their kids from feelings of fear, abandonment, and shame.

With warmth and candor, Sherrie Eldridge reveals the twenty complex emotional issues you must understand to nurture the child you love--that he must grieve his loss now if he is to receive love fully in the future--that she needs honest information about her birth family no matter how painful the details may be--and that although he may choose to search for his birth family, he will always rely on you to be his parents.

Filled with powerful insights from children, parents, and experts in the field, plus practical strategies and case histories that will ring true for every adoptive family, Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew is an invaluable guide to the complex emotions that take up residence within the heart of the adopted child--and within the adoptive home.]]> 94999 3.44 131 38 1999 202933 1576833070 9781576833070 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172644318m/202933.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172644318s/202933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/202933.Twenty_Life_Transforming_Choices_Adoptees_Need_to_Make 3.71 7 94999 3.44 131 38 2003 1378188 0972624430 9780972624435 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183098132m/1378188.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183098132s/1378188.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1378188.Forever_Fingerprints_An_Amazing_Discovery_for_Adopted_Children 4.00 1 Forever Fingerprints uses a common occurrence a relative s pregnancy as a springboard for discussions on birthparents, where adopted children are before they are born, and how that makes one little girl feel about it. Lucie is excited to feel a baby moving in her Aunt Grace s tummy but it makes her think of how she understands her adoption story in a different way. The tools offered in this book help her to create a unique connection to her birthparents, allow how she is feeling to surface and to be discussed, and give Lucie s parents the chance to reinforce their love for her, to empathize with her feelings and to honor her past. This book book resonates with 7 year olds and adults who have discovered that the feelings and emotions are shared by so many. While it looks like a simple children's book, this book helps parents and children create a family connection and strong foundation for discussing adoption questions. It's a veritable toolbox for adoptive families with a parent guide at the end of the book on how to open adoption discussion and a wonderful connection to birthparents for every adopted person, regardless of their age, with their fingerprints.]]> 94999 3.44 131 38 2007 7134033 0440338980 9780440338987 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7134033-20-things-adoptive-parents-need-to-succeed 0.0 0 94999 3.44 131 38 2009 6996440 0307570819 9780307570819 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6996440-twenty-things-adopted-kids-wish-their-adoptive-parents-knew 0.0 0 94999 3.44 131 38 2009 6284054 1600065953 9781600065958 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6284054.Questions_Adoptees_Are_Asking_About_Beginnings_About_Birth_Family_About_Searching_About_Finding_Peace 0.0 0
More than 70 adoptees discuss these and other adoption issues and try to arrive at answers.
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