Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew av Sherrie Eldridge

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"Birthdays may be difficult for me."<br><br>"I want you to take the initiative in opening conversations about my birth family."<br><br>"When I act out my fears in obnoxious ways, please hang in there with me."<br><br>"I am afraid you will abandon me."<br><br>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.<br><br>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 birt