The Adoption Book of the Day for today is “Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow” by Gregory C. Keck, PhD., and Regina Kupecky, LSW. Thank you Michele Fried, founder and CEO of Adoption STAR, for this great description and review! Dr. Foster Cline introduces this book as not simply a parenting
Continue reading »November 5 Adoption Book of the Day – “And Tango Makes Three”
The Adoption Book of the Day for today is “And Tango Makes Three” by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell. This revolutionary children’s book tells the tale of Roy and Silo, two male, chinstrap penguins, as they build a family in the Central Park Zoo. This heartwarming story of two penguins that fall in love describes
Continue reading »November 4 Adoption Book of the Day – “The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child”
Happy November 4th! The Tapestry Books Adoption Book of the Day for today is “The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child” by Nancy Newton Verrier. Nancy Verrier derived the idea behind this book from her Master’s Degree thesis, entitled “The Primal Wound: Legacy of the Adopted Child”. She then grew the concept into the great
Continue reading »Adoption Book of the Day – “ABC Adoption & Me”
Today’s Tapestry Books Adoption Book of the Day is ” ABC Adoption & Me” by Gayle Swift with Casey Swift. An adoptive coach/mother wrote this award-winning picture book with her now-adult daughter. It captures the child’s perspective and explores the spectrum of adoption. One adoptee commented: “This shows adoption from the kid’s side and made me
Continue reading »Orphanage Care
It is common for children who have been adopted (in particular at an older age and those adopted from institutional care) to display a developmental age different from their chronological age. A child’s chronological age is their age based on their date of birth. A child’s developmental age is the age at which they function
Continue reading »Orphanage Care: When Your Child Comes Home
by Megan Montgomery It is impossible to offer a nurturing environment that meets the needs of each individual child within an orphanage. No orphanage is capable of providing the same quality of care as a family. With that said, each orphanage will be different. Orphanages have varying levels of financial support, staff dedication and additional
Continue reading »Becoming a Multicultural Family
by Megan Montgomery Helping your adopted child connect with their birth culture pays dividends. When you choose to adopt internationally the odds are great that you are adding diversity to your family. With this choice you are also making the decision to accept, value and participate in another culture-–your child’s birth culture. A few helpful
Continue reading »Waiting Child Adoption from China
by Megan Montgomery The China adoption program has been placing children with additional needs and older children with interested families for a number of years. This path to adoption from China has often been called Waiting Child adoption or Special Needs adoption. Over the last couple of years, this process has evolved significantly. Today, families
Continue reading »Thoughts on Re-homing from an Adoption Professional
by Megan Montgomery The media has recently been covering the topic of “re-homing.” Re-homing occurs when an adoptive family locates someone else to take in and care for their child without checking into the new family’s history, completing background checks, or involving their adoption agency or other legal entities in the change of custody. Interestingly,
Continue reading »Become an Advocate for Your Child’s Education
by Megan Montgomery As a new school year approaches many parents are out purchasing school supplies, making sure the perfect backpack is picked out and are reading books about the first day of school to help their child get familiar or reacquainted with this school thing. Some parents decide to ease their child back into
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