Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making

Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past
- Adopted Children
- Truth
- Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child
- Betsy Keefer
- Jayne E. Schooler
Telling a child he or she is adopted can be a trying task, but this is only the first step. After becoming aware that he or she is adopted, the child will question the details of the adoption. The truth may reveal details that are painful and sometimes traumatic: a parent is in prison, a drug addict, or even a rapist. In Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child, Keefer and Schooler demonstrate that in even the most difficult situations, foster and adoptive parents must not withhold or distort information about the past. Though sometimes including difficult truths, communication between a caregiver or parent and foster or adopted child can help a child grow up into an emotionally and psychologically healthy adult. Providing help for parents or caregivers wishing to productively communicate with their child, Keefer and Schooler answer such questions as: How do I share difficult information about my child's adoption in a sensitive manner? When is the right time to tell my child the whole truth? How do I find further information on my child's history? Age appropriate guidelines will make an arduous task organized and easier. Detailed descriptions of actual cases help the parent or caregiver find ways to discover the truth (particularly in closed and international adoption cases), organize the truth, and explain the truth gently to a toddler, child, or young adult that may be horrified by it. Parents, teachers, counselors, and other caregivers will come away from this reading with a sharper knowledge of how to make sense of the past for foster and adopted children of all ages.

Country	USA
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9780897896917
Edition	1
ISBN	0897896912
Label	Bergin & Garvey Trade
Manufacturer	Bergin & Garvey Trade
MPN	illustrations
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	256
PartNumber	illustrations
PublicationDate	2000-07-30
Publisher	Bergin & Garvey Trade
Studio	Bergin & Garvey Trade
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past

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