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

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

Birthdays may be difficult for me.

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.

Sherrie Eldridge's writing is straightforward and informative, and she writes from a desire to bring adopted children and their parents closer together. She is the author of more than five books, including the best-selling Twenty Things Adopted Youngsters Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew. She is an internationally famous adoption advocate speaker. She knows the perspective of adoptees and offers advice on how to strengthen parent-child connections. She is a Congressional Angel in Adoption and is actively involved in adoption advocacy. Bob Eldridge has been Sherrie's husband for 50 years.

They have two married daughters and six grandchildren, one of whom was adopted into the family. Visit SherrieEldridge.com for more information.

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ISBN 13	9780440508380
ISBN 10	044050838X
Title	Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
Author	Sherrie Eldridge
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Year published	1999-10-12
Number of pages	240
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.