Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Adoption: What Children Need to Know [Paperback]

Fanny Cohen Herlem (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 15, 2008 | ISBN-10: 184310671X | ISBN-13: 978-1843106715 | Edition: 1

Why was I abandoned? Why did my parents adopt me? What if I want to meet my biological parents? Children who find out they are adopted have many questions that are difficult for a parent to answer. This book explores childrena??s thoughts and feelings and provides parents with guidance on how to respond to difficult questions. The author covers all the common questions that children ask and provides sensitive, candid answers in a way that children will be able to understand and relate to. Each chapter is devoted to a particular issue, such as why a child is adopted, who chose the childa??s first name and what happens when the child grows up. The book recognizes the emotions and reactions of everyone in the family and includes separate conclusions for parents and children. This handy guide offers useful advice for parents and will also be of interest to counsellors and other professionals working with children.

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About the Author

Fanny Cohen Herlem is a child psychiatrist and medical director of the adoption service, Doctors of the World . She has been helping children and their parents in her practice for the past 25 years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub; 1 edition (June 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 184310671X
• ISBN-13: 978-1843106715
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,112,633 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Negative Answers to Tough Questions, December 21, 2010

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This review is from: Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Adoption: What Children Need to Know (Paperback)

I am in the process of adopting a baby and am trying to get all the information I can so when she starts asking questions, I won't be blind-sided. Perhaps it is because we are planning an open adoption, but I found the responses to some of the questions to be quite negative and didn't see how that answer would help anybody, especially a child. The author refers to the adoptees as being "abandoned" "unloved" and "unwanted" on multiple occassions. At one point a child is asking why he was abandoned and the author's response is that is difficult to feel unloved and unwanted. I just didn't feel like that is something I would say to a 9 year old child.