Veinte cosas que los hijos adoptados desearían que sus padres adoptivos supiesen

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"I may find birthdays difficult."
"I want you to be the one to take the lead in initiating conversations about my birth family."
"When I act in obnoxious ways because of my fears, please don't throw in the towel with me."
"I'm afraid you will abandon me."

The voices of adopted children are poignant, inquisitive and tell a familiar story of loss, fear and hope. This extraordinary book written by a woman who was adopted gives voice to unspoken concerns and shows adoptive parents how to rid their children of feelings of fear, helplessness, and shame.

Sherrie Eldridge reveals, with warmth and candor, the twenty complex emotional issues you must understand to raise the child you love…that he must grieve his loss now if he is to receive love fully in the future…that he needs honest information about his birth family no matter how painful the details may be…and that, although he may decide to search for his birth family, he will always trust you to be his parents.

Filled with important information from children, parents and experts in the field, as well as helpful strategies and case studies that will be familiar to all adoptive families, this book is an invaluable guide to the complex emotions that reside in the heart of the adopted child and the adoptive home.