Toddler and Older Child Adoption
Adopting Older Children: A Practical Guide to Adopting and Parenting Children Over Age Four
This practical, hopeful guide is designed for parents adopting children over age four from foster care or international adoption. Written by adoption therapists, it offers clear insight into developmental challenges, identity issues, and special needs without exaggeration or minimization. With thorough explanations and actionable strategies, it equips parents to understand and respond effectively to the unique struggles older adopted children may face. An invaluable resource for navigating both the difficulties and the rewards of adoption.
Toddler Adoption: The Weaver’s Craft
Adopting a toddler or preschooler comes with both challenges and opportunities. Children adopted between ages two and four may show developmental delays that affect behavior and relationships. This book equips parents with practical tools to ease the transition from a familiar home into a new one, while addressing issues at different stages of development. Honest about the difficulties but full of positive guidance, it offers adoptive parents both preparation and encouragement.
Adopting a Toddler: What Size Shoes Does She Wear?
Adopting a Toddler is an indispensable guide packed with practical advice for parents preparing to welcome a toddler. It covers everything from choosing a crib or bed, potty training, and shoe sizes to child safety, medical considerations, and international adoption travel. With sections on mealtime, bath time, wardrobe, and pediatric care, plus pre- and post-adoption resources, this book answers the questions adoptive parents most often ask—making it an essential companion for the toddler adoption journey.
Adopting The Older Child
A classic in adoption literature, Adopting the Older Child offers a thorough look at the process from every perspective—child, parent, and professional. Using composite cases, Jewett highlights common hurdles, from bureaucratic delays to emotional challenges, and traces the stages of adjustment from honeymoon to full family integration. With practical, compassionate advice, this book remains an invaluable guide for understanding and supporting older child adoptions.
Our Own: Adopting and Parenting the Older Child
Drawing on her experiences as an adoptive mother and foster parent—as well as interviews with adoptees, families, and professionals—Our Own explores the joys and challenges of older child adoption. Covering school and language struggles, difficult behaviors, grief’s impact, and medical and mental health needs, it provides honest insight and practical guidance for adoptive families.
Parenting Your Adopted Older Child: How to Overcome the Unique Challenges and Raise a Happy and Healthy Child
This practical guide equips adoptive parents with tools to build strong, loving relationships with children over age two. It offers a step-by-step approach to understanding a child’s unique needs and past wounds, while showing how to create a supportive home and develop the skills to face challenges together. A valuable overview for families navigating the adoption of older children.
The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family
Often the first book parents turn to when adopting a child past infancy or one “from a hard place,” Dr. Karyn Purvis’s The Connected Child is an invaluable resource for navigating confusing or challenging behaviors. With wisdom, warmth, and compassion, Purvis emphasizes building connection before correction, offering practical strategies that restore hope and energy to parents. Though especially helpful for foster and adoptive families, its insights benefit all parents seeking stronger, more healing relationships with their children.
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