Raising adopted children
Subtitle: a manual for adoptive parents
By: Lois Ruskai Melina.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Adopted children -- United States; Parenting -- United States
Description: When it debuted in 1986, Raising Adopted Children was the first book to look at the issues faced by adoptive families after a child comes home. Now, in this illuminating new edition, author Lois Ruskai Melina, mother of two children by adoption--frequently referred to as the "Dr. Spock for adoptive parents"--addresses the changes that have affected adoption over the past ten years and also offers her own ever-evolving wealth of knowledge. Drawing on research in child development, psychology, sociology, and medicine, readers will discover the facts about open adoption, prenatal drug exposure, and international and transracial adoptions, as well as the answers to such critical questions as: When and how should you tell your child that he or she is adopted? How do children bond or form attachments to their adoptive parents? Thought-provoking, informative, and helpful, this up-to-the-minute handbook is a must-have for every adoptive parent and parent-to-be. It is required reading at many adoption agencies.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [245]-265.
"A Solstice Press book."
"Perennial Library."
Includes index.