Adoption and fostering: advice and issues

When to tell, What to tell, and How to tellChildren who are adopted have predictable and often unspoken concerns about themselves and how they joined their families.

In this completely revised and updated edition of Raising Adopted Children, Lois Melina, editor of Adopted Child newsletter and the mother of two children by adoption, draws on the latest research in psychology, sociology, and medicine to guide parents through all stages of their child's development.

The Open Adoption Experience has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

As a single 51-year-old woman, Elizabeth McDonnell had given up hope of ever becoming a mother.

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Rose Rockchild advocate, educator, and mother of ten-plus children, including comedian Chris Rockshares her heartfelt and no-nonsense advice on parentingUber-mom Rose Rock raised ten children and seventeen foster children.

Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose.

Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose.

Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose.

Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose.

PART 1 OF 3A family with a dark secret.

PART 2 OF 3A family with a dark secret.

PART 3 OF 3A family with a dark secret.

PART 3 OF 3Angie, 6, and sister Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive to stay with foster carer Cathy Glass.

PART 2 OF 3Angie, 6, and sister Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive to stay with foster carer Cathy Glass.

PART 1 OF 3Angie, 6, and sister Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive to stay with foster carer Cathy Glass.

Angie, 6, and sister Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive to stay with foster carer Cathy Glass.

PART 3 OF 3Little Jamey, 21/2 years old, is placed with experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, as an emergency.

PART 2 OF 3Little Jamey, 21/2 years old, is placed with experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, as an emergency.

PART 1 OF 3Little Jamey, 21/2 years old, is placed with experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, as an emergency.

Little Jamey, 21/2 years old, is placed with experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, as an emergency.

PART 1 OF 3After taking a few weeks off work, Casey is presented with a new foster child: 14-year-old Elise, whose Mum left her at just five years old.

Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2022Craig Bromfield was just 13 years old when Brian Clough, on a whim, took him and his older brother Aaron in.

PART 3 OF 3When foster carer, Cathy Glass, is asked to foster Darcy-May, a two-day old baby, she is very concerned.

PART 2 OF 3When foster carer, Cathy Glass, is asked to foster Darcy-May, a two-day old baby, she is very concerned.

PART 1 OF 3When foster carer, Cathy Glass, is asked to foster Darcy-May, a two-day old baby, she is very concerned.

When foster carer, Cathy Glass, is asked to foster Darcy-May, a two-day old baby, she is very concerned.

"e;Impossible to put down, makes you laugh and cry, Sophie's story is inspirational.

PART 3 OF 3Jackson is aggressive, confrontational and often volatile.

PART 2 OF 3Jackson is aggressive, confrontational and often volatile.

PART 1 OF 3Jackson is aggressive, confrontational and often volatile.

Jackson is aggressive, confrontational and often volatile.

The inspirational story of an American woman who moved mountains to secure medical treatmentsand eventually a homefor a young Iraqi girl severely burned in a roadside terror attack.

PART 3 OF 3Tilly hates her stepfather, Dave.

PART 2 OF 3Tilly hates her stepfather, Dave.

Tilly hates her stepfather, Dave.

PART 3 OF 3The true story of a 6-year-old boy with a dreadful secret.

PART 2 OF 3The true story of a 6-year-old boy with a dreadful secret.

PART 1 OF 3The true story of a 6-year-old boy with a dreadful secret.

The true story of a 6-year-old boy with a dreadful secret.

Innocent can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.

Innocent can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.

Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way .

Innocent is the shocking true story of little Molly and Kit, siblings, aged 3 years and 18 months, who are brought into care as an emergency after suffering non-accidental injuries.

Failures don't need to be final, and disappointment doesn't need to be defining.

'Incredibly moving' --Anne Enright, winner of the Man Booker PrizeAn Affair with My Mother by Caitriona Palmer: a moving and gripping story of love, denial and a daughter's quest for the truth.

Casey tells the harrowing story of Connor, an eight year old boy from a broken home who comes to stay with her family.

Sunday Times bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson's inspiring memoirs Mummy's Little Helper and Little Prisoners combined in a single volume with her deeply moving latest title Breaking the Silence, about two troubled little boys who both desperately need a loving home, and find comfort and friendship in the most unlikely of places.

A powerful, intimate memoir of Eritrean-British journalist, Hannah Azieb-Pool, who returns to Eritrea at the age of 30 to meet her family for the first time.

Written by an adoptive mother and an adoptee daughter, Before You Were Mine offers a unique Christian perspective on creating a Lifebook that commemorates your child's birth story.