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If You are Thinking of Becoming a Gay Dad, or if You are Already a
Gay Dad This Book is for You!Are you ready to have kids? More and
more gay men are turning to adoption and surrogacy to start their
own families. An estimated two million American LBGTQ people would
like to adopt and an estimated 65,000 adopted children are living
with a gay parent. In 2016, The Chicago Tribune reported that 10 to
20 percent of donor eggs went to gay men expanding their families
via surrogacy, and in many places the numbers were up 50 percent
from the previous five years. Gay parenting. Having a kid is like
coming out all over again, on a daily basis, especially if you have
an infant. Was coming out stressful for you? It's about to get more
intense and you will have a child watching your every move and
listening to your every word. If you stutter or pause, they may
pick up on your discomfort and could start to feel like something
is wrong about their family unit. The Ultimate Guide For Gay Dads
is jam packed with parenting tips and advice to help you build
confidence and become the awesome gay dad you were meant to be! How
Is This Parenting Guide Different From Others? Unlike other
parenting books that have whole chapters focusing on things
specifically related to mothers (such as how to get the perfect
latch when breastfeeding), this parenting book replaces those
sections with things relevant to gay dads. It covers topics like
how to find LGBT friendly pediatricians, how to find LGBT friendly
schools, how to childproof your home with style, how to answer
awkward and prying questions about your family from strangers,
examples for what two-dad families can do on Mother's Day, and much
more. The book also includes parenting tips and advice from
pediatricians, school educators, lawyers, and other same-sex
parents. Top LGBT parenting expert. Bestselling author Eric
Rosswood covers every aspect of fatherhood for gay men in this
essential guide to growing your family in the post-DOMA era. He is
a major influencer on social media with over 100,000 followers on
Twitter alone, as well as thousands on other platforms. Exploring
LGBTQ issues. Rosswood is an in-demand authority and commentator on
LGBTQ issues, including civil rights, parenting, marriage and
politics. The author has been featured in major media including The
Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, CBS News, The Huffington Post, Elite
Daily, Yahoo! News, AOL News, NY Daily News, IB Times, and regional
LGBTQ press.
Although Emily Buchanan had a highly successful career in
broadcasting and a loving husband there was something missing from
her life: she desperately wanted children. After the trauma of
three miscarriages, Emily and her husband Gerald were forced to
accept the knowledge that they would not be able to have children
of their own and decided to look into adoption. Their desire to
have a very young baby led them to consider an adoption from
abroad. As a journalist Emily knew only too well the sad plight of
many children in the world trafficked to desperate couples and
determined that her child had to come from a country where adoption
was properly regulated.
In this touching story Emily describes their first meeting with
Jade Lin, who had been left on the steps of an orphanage in a small
town in Inner Mongolia just after she had been born. Unlike many of
the thousands of less fortunate babies abandoned each year in
China, Jade Lin had been placed with a foster family before being
approved for adoption and allocated to a family. It was love at
first sight for Emily and Gerald, but they still had obstacles of
language and culture to cross, as well as dealing with the reaction
of friends and family back at home. This diary tells in vivid
detail the highs and lows of Emily's journey to motherhood.
"extraordinarily brave and honest, and written with great
clarity. I can't remember reading anything on the subject that was
as open, ... or done with as much dignity. ...neither of us could
puit it down, and we were both very moved by it. "John Simpson"
"A delightful and candid account of a quest for much wanted
children." "Kate Adie"
"A factual and honest account of a mother's journey in adopting
two daughters from China." "Adeline Yen Mah"
The world is full of hurt children, and bringing one into your home
can quickly derail the easy family life you once knew. Get
effective suggestions, wisdom, and advice to parent the hurt child
in your life. The best hope for tragedy prevention is knowledge!
Updated and revised.
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