The best things in life are unseen, that’s why we close our eyes during a kiss, a laugh and a dream and bonding is no exception- you can’t see it, but you can feel it. Bonding with your child is important and becomes almost critical if the child was adopted. Although we know adoption isn’t… Continue reading Feel the Love: How to Bond with Your Adopted Child
Adopting a Pre-School or School-Aged Child There are special challenges present when adopting a pre-school aged child. Deborah Gray, author of Attaching in Adoption and Nurturing Adoptions presents ten tips for the first year of placement that we suggest adoptive parents take time to read and discuss with family members. Here is an excerpt of… Continue reading Older Child Adoption Guide: Adopting an Older Child & Parenting your Adopted Child as They Grow
With National Attachment Trauma Awareness Day approaching on June 19th, we thought it would be beneficial to write about the effects of an attachment disorder on an adopted child. Did you know that one out of fifty infants nationwide suffer abuse and/or neglect annually? Often these children are so hurt that it takes more than… Continue reading The Effects of Attachment and Developmental Trauma and Ways to Heal the Adoptee
All books purchased by clicking the link in our review will give AFTH a small donation from Amazon.com. If you are interested in purchasing one of the books in our review please consider buying it through our link to amazon.com. Attachment in Common Sense and Doodle: A Practical Guide by Miriam Silver -Attachment is never an… Continue reading December 2013 Book Reviews
All books purchased by clicking the link in our review will give AFTH a small donation from Amazon.com. If you are interested in purchasing one of the books in our review please consider buying it through our link to amazon.com. Instant Mom by Nia Vardalos -Honest, funny and honest Nia Vardalos writes about her struggles with… Continue reading May Book Reviews 2013
All books purchased by clicking the link in our review or going to our bookstore (see tab above) will give AFTH a small donation from Amazon.com. This is US: The New All-American Family by David Marin - David Marin is funny, insightful, passionate and persistent. As a single, man he adopted three young, bi-cultural children, it… Continue reading October Book Reviews
Reposted with permission from the blog Spawn of Mike and Mike who created their family through surrogacy in India, using two surrogates at the same time. They brought home their adorable daughters in April 2009. So we're in the home stretch! YEAH! And I, Mike A., am finally getting more an more excited. Now don't… Continue reading The Disconnect
All reviewed books are available in our branch offices or in our online store. Dragon House by John Shors - Dragon House is a poignant story. Its powerful themes of suffering, sacrifice, friendship, and love, is a story that celebrates the human spirit, demonstrating once again that despite all the ugliness, pain and betrayal some individuals… Continue reading October Book Reviews
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