With practical information and insightful wisdom, Adoption offers advice from a leading industry insider who knows exactly what people can expect as expecting adoptive parents.
In this illuminating guide to communicating with your childs doctor, pediatrician Christopher M. Johnson shows parents how to talk more effectively to their doctors about their childrens health.
This book explains how to help a child adopted between the ages of 6 mnths and 5 yrs cope with change, bond with their new parents, become a part of the family, and develop a positive self-image that incorporates both American identity and ethnic origins.
For the estimated 2 million families in the United States waiting to adopt a child, the decision of which avenue to pursue can be overwhelming: domestic or international, older child versus younger, children with special needsaand the list goes on.