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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Family & other relationships > Adoption & tracing birth parents

Filling Her Shoes - A Memoir of an Inherited Family (Paperback): Betsy Graziani Fasbinder Filling Her Shoes - A Memoir of an Inherited Family (Paperback)
Betsy Graziani Fasbinder
R450 Discovery Miles 4 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

On the day that she decided to marry a widower-also a long-time friend-Betsy Graziani Fasbinder knew that she wasn't only gaining a husband, she was inheriting a son. Unlike many stepmothers, Betsy didn't have to struggle with an ex, or court battles, or the weekend shuffle between houses-but she did have to navigate living in the shadow of a young mother taken too soon, to honor the memory of her son's first mother, and to become the kind of parent and partner she herself wanted to be. Over time this family would learn how love's roots were formed in their shared losses, and how the new family love and joy they created together would become the richest kind of inheritance.

Billy Says... Series - Six therapeutic storybooks to help children on their journey through fostering or adoption (Paperback):... Billy Says... Series - Six therapeutic storybooks to help children on their journey through fostering or adoption (Paperback)
Joanne Alper
R1,498 Discovery Miles 14 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This series of six picture books guides children through a range of issues relating to fostering and adoption by focusing on the experiences of a five-year-old girl called Kirsty and her magic doll Billy. Billy talks to Kirsty, explains what is happening to her and explores Kirsty's feelings during her journey from an abusive home to a loving adoptive family. In the series, Billy says... * Book 1 "It's not your fault" explores children's feelings when they are living in neglectful families. * Book 2 "You should be taken care of" covers fears around moving into foster care. * Book 3 "Foster carers can help" explains what happens when children move into foster care. * Book 4 "What you think matters" covers courts and the planning process. * Book 5 "Waiting can be hard" focuses on waiting for an adoptive family. * Book 6 "Living as a new family takes practice" explores living with an adoptive family. This set is ideal for use by social workers, foster carers, adoptive parents and counsellors to help children aged 3-8 to understand the fostering and adoption process and to cope with the complex feelings that can arise.

Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child - Making Sense of the Past, 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition):... Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child - Making Sense of the Past, 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Betsy Keefer Smalley, Jayne E. Schooler
R1,978 Discovery Miles 19 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Many adopted or foster children have complex, troubling, often painful pasts. This book provides parents and professionals with sound advice on how to communicate effectively about difficult and sensitive topics, providing concrete strategies for helping adopted and foster children make sense of the past so they can enjoy a healthy, well-adjusted future. Approximately one of every four adopted children will have adjustment challenges related to their separation from the birth family, earlier trauma, attachment difficulties, and/or issues stemming from the adoption process. Common complicating issues of adopted children are feelings of rejection, abandonment, or confusion about their origins. While many foster and adoptive parents and even many professionals are reluctant to communicate openly about birth histories, silence only adds to the child's confusion and pain. This revised and significantly expanded edition of the award-winning Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child equips parents with the knowledge and tools they need to communicate with their adopted or foster child about their past. Revisions include coverage of significant new research and information regarding the importance of understanding the child's trauma history to his or her well-being and successful adjustment in his foster or adoptive family. The authors answer such questions as: How do I share difficult information about my child's adoption in a sensitive manner? When is the right time to tell my child the whole truth? How do I obtain more information on my child's history? Detailed descriptions of actual cases help the parent or caregiver find ways to discover the truth (particularly in closed and international adoption cases), organize the information, and explain the details of the past gently to a toddler, child, or young adult who may find it frightening or confusing. Presents age-appropriate, specific guidelines that make an intimidating and potentially uncomfortable task straightforward, organized, and manageable Serves to remove the fear of how to make sense of the past for foster and adopted children of all ages, allowing parents, teachers, counselors, and other caregivers to have open, honest, and beneficial dialogues with children and teens with tough pasts Explains how children's development is impacted by separation from their birth families and identifies the issues generated by the trauma occurring before, during, and after the separation Reveals powerful insights gained from the story of one of the first African American children to be adopted in the United States by a white family-an individual who is now middle-aged

Instructions Not Supplied - A story of adoption, autism and coming together as a family (Paperback): Julie Otto Instructions Not Supplied - A story of adoption, autism and coming together as a family (Paperback)
Julie Otto; Foreword by Ken Aitken
R367 R342 Discovery Miles 3 420 Save R25 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Instructions Not Supplied is the account of one family's experience in adopting three children, each of whom turned out to have special needs, and the challenges they have faced along the way. Some of the difficult situations they have faced are simply part of a family life; others are as a direct result of the children's disabilities and difficulties, including autism, attention deficit hyper-activity disorder, foetal alcohol syndrome, attachment disorder and sensory issues. A story of adoption, autism and coming together as a family, this book describes with honesty and humour how the behaviour of the children has often challenged the adults around them. It also explores the process of diagnosis and the difficulty of getting the right support both for the children and their parents, with insights for all parents and teachers of children with complex needs. The book is a unique insight into the twin challenges of adoption and disability, an invaluable read for prospective adopters and adoptive parents as well as natural parents of children with additional support needs. It is equally valuable for practitioners, as it gives an insight into the family life of those parenting such children and how best to support them.

A Terrible Secret - Scared for Her Safety, Tilly Places Herself into Care. a Shocking True Story. (Paperback): Cathy Glass A Terrible Secret - Scared for Her Safety, Tilly Places Herself into Care. a Shocking True Story. (Paperback)
Cathy Glass
R306 R279 Discovery Miles 2 790 Save R27 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Tilly hates her stepfather, Dave. He abuses her mother, but she refuses to leave him. Frightened for her own safety, Tilly asks to go into foster care and is placed with Cathy. Tilly arrives with a graze on her cheek and Cathy becomes increasingly concerned by Dave's behaviour, especially when she learns he has been showering Tilly with gifts. While she's busy looking after Tilly and trying to keep her safe, Cathy is also worried about her own daughter, Lucy. She has a very difficult decision to make that will affect the rest of her life, and Cathy hopes she makes the right choice. Perfect for fans of Maggie Hartley, Lisa Stone and Ann Cusack!

All About Ben - Helping Children with Attachment Issues to Understand Their Feelings (Paperback): Dorothy Markham, Aileen... All About Ben - Helping Children with Attachment Issues to Understand Their Feelings (Paperback)
Dorothy Markham, Aileen O'donnell; Illustrated by Aileen O'donnell
R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

When I am ready, I need you to talk to me and help me understand my feelings...' This reassuring story helps children aged 5+ with attachment issues to understand their feelings, open up to a caring adult and learn how to choose positive behaviours. Ben is made up of lots of different 'parts' - to name a few, he has happy, caring, angry, excited, hugging and yelling parts. Ben explains how all these parts are okay, and that a caring adult can help you to understand and manage them more easily. This book also features activities to help children talk about their feelings, and a simple introduction to attachment theory for adults.

Parenting in the Eye of the Storm - The Adoptive Parent's Guide to Navigating the Teen Years (Paperback): Katie Naftzger Parenting in the Eye of the Storm - The Adoptive Parent's Guide to Navigating the Teen Years (Paperback)
Katie Naftzger; Foreword by Adam Pertman
R541 Discovery Miles 5 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Adult adoptee and family therapist Katie Naftzger shares her personal and professional wisdom in this guide to help adoptive parents remain a calm parental influence in the midst of stormy and erratic teen behavior. This guide describes the essential skills you need to help your adopted teen confidently face the challenges of growing up and outlines four key goals for adoptive parents: * To move from rescuing to responding * To set adoption-sensitive limits and ground rules * To have connecting conversations * To help your teen envision their future Parenting in the Eye of the Storm contains invaluable insights for adoptive parents and simple strategies you can use to prepare your adopted teen for the journey ahead and strengthen the family bond in the process. It provides answers, guidance and understanding - working as a road-map through the tempestuous teenage years.

Rock Memoir - Book 1 of The Birth-Fathers' Club Series (Paperback): Michele Kriegman Rock Memoir - Book 1 of The Birth-Fathers' Club Series (Paperback)
Michele Kriegman
R298 R279 Discovery Miles 2 790 Save R19 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Bringing Marvin Home - Our Adoption Journey (Paperback): Katie Wyrosdick Bringing Marvin Home - Our Adoption Journey (Paperback)
Katie Wyrosdick
R368 Discovery Miles 3 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ripped at the Root (Paperback): Mary Cardaras Ripped at the Root (Paperback)
Mary Cardaras
R421 R387 Discovery Miles 3 870 Save R34 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
I'll Wait For You (Paperback): Eileen Resta I'll Wait For You (Paperback)
Eileen Resta
R778 Discovery Miles 7 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
You Will See (Paperback): Sarah U Buck You Will See (Paperback)
Sarah U Buck
R509 Discovery Miles 5 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Be Good, Love Brian - Growing Up with Brian Clough (Paperback): Craig Bromfield Be Good, Love Brian - Growing Up with Brian Clough (Paperback)
Craig Bromfield
R309 R281 Discovery Miles 2 810 Save R28 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2022 Craig Bromfield was just 13 years old when Brian Clough, on a whim, took him and his older brother Aaron in. They came from Southwick, a depressed area of Sunderland, where they lived with their abusive stepfather, and from where they longed to escape. After initially meeting Clough while out begging for money, Clough later invited the brothers to stay at his house. From there a relationship formed which would see Craig living with the Cloughs for nine years, where he was a first-hand witness to the many aspects of Clough's character - his gruffness, his humour, his big-heartedness. This is a beautiful, inspirational story, which has never before been told, about Clough's gentleness and capacity for generosity. Discover a very different side to this iconic man, one away from the cameras and the football, which shows him for the person he really was.

Suspension (Paperback): Paige Riehl Suspension (Paperback)
Paige Riehl; Edited by Diane Lockward
R381 R353 Discovery Miles 3 530 Save R28 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
From China With Love - A Long Road to Motherhood (Hardcover): Emily Buchanan From China With Love - A Long Road to Motherhood (Hardcover)
Emily Buchanan
R464 R402 Discovery Miles 4 020 Save R62 (13%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

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 Children Money Can Buy - Stories from the Frontlines of Foster Care and Adoption (Paperback): Anne Moody The Children Money Can Buy - Stories from the Frontlines of Foster Care and Adoption (Paperback)
Anne Moody
R644 Discovery Miles 6 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Children Money Can Buy covers decades of dramatic societal change in foster care and adoption, including the pendulum swings regarding open adoption and attitudes toward birth parents, the gradual acceptance of gay and lesbian adoption, the proliferation of unregulated adoption facilitators in the U.S., ethical concerns related to international adoption, and the role money inevitably plays in the foster care and adoption systems. Special attention is given to the practice of "baby brokering" and the accompanying exorbitant finder's fees and financial incentives encouraging birth mothers to relinquish (or pretend that they are planning to relinquish) their babies that permeate much of U.S. infant adoption today. The Children Money Can Buy illuminates the worlds of foster care and adoption through the personal stories Moody witnessed and experienced in her many years working in the foster care and adoption systems. These compelling stories about real people and situations illustrate larger life lessons about the way our society values-and fails to value-parents and children. They explore the root of ethical problems which are not only financially driven but reflect society's basic belief that some children are more valuable than others. Finally, Moody makes a plea for change and gives suggestions about how the foster care and adoption systems could work together for the benefit of children and families.

Wicked Girl (Paperback): Jeanie Doyle Wicked Girl (Paperback)
Jeanie Doyle; As told to Sally Morgan 1
R247 R225 Discovery Miles 2 250 Save R22 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

How do you teach a mother to love her child, when she's still a child herself? Jeanie Doyle nurtures, teaches and cares for young and dysfunctional mums, showing them how to care for their newborn babies, sometimes even taking the mother into foster care before the baby is born. The first in a brand-new series of books by the 'foster super-gran', Wicked Girl is the shocking true story of the very first case Jeanie dealt with: a baby girl who was found abandoned on the steps of a church just before Christmas. While the 14-year-old mother was tracked down, Jeanie took her little daughter into her own care. But while she tried to help the two of them heal and bond, the terrible truth about the baby's father was revealed... A twist on the standard Cathy Glass books, Wicked Girl offers Jeanie's rare perspective of fostering young women alongside their babies. Will mother and daughter be reunited for good, or will the vulnerable young mother make the heartbreaking decision that they are both better off apart?

Puzzle Pieces - Parenting a Child Impacted by Attachment and Other Traumas (Paperback): Christina Reese Puzzle Pieces - Parenting a Child Impacted by Attachment and Other Traumas (Paperback)
Christina Reese
R433 Discovery Miles 4 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
No Sugar Coating - The Coffee Talk You Need About Foster Parenting (Paperback): Jillana Goble No Sugar Coating - The Coffee Talk You Need About Foster Parenting (Paperback)
Jillana Goble
R247 Discovery Miles 2 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Reparenting the Child Who Hurts - A Guide to Healing Developmental Trauma and Attachments (Paperback): Christine Gordon,... Reparenting the Child Who Hurts - A Guide to Healing Developmental Trauma and Attachments (Paperback)
Christine Gordon, Caroline Archer
R615 Discovery Miles 6 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Finally, a parenting book which demystifies the latest thinking on neurobiology, physiology and trauma and explains what the research means for the everyday life of parents of children who hurt. As experts on adoption and fostering who are adoptive parents themselves, Caroline Archer and Christine Gordon explain how this knowledge can help parents to better understand and care for their child. They explain why conventional parenting techniques are often not helpful for the child who has experienced early trauma and explore why therapeutic reparenting is the only way to help repair the unhealthy neurobiological and behavioural patterns which affect the child's development. They do not shy away from how difficult reparenting is, acknowledging how hard it can be to recognise our own fallibility as parents and to change our own parenting patterns. The authors also offer hard-won advice on a range of common parenting flashpoints - from defusing arguments and aggression to negotiating bedtimes and breaks in routine, and making sure that special occasions are remembered for all the right reasons. Reparenting the Child Who Hurts is a humane, no-nonsense survival guide for any parent caring for a child with developmental trauma or attachment difficulties, and will also provide information and insights for social workers, teachers, counsellors and other professionals involved in supporting adoptive and foster families.

Surrendered Hearts - An Adoption Story of Love, Loss, and Learning to Trust (Paperback): Lori Schumaker Surrendered Hearts - An Adoption Story of Love, Loss, and Learning to Trust (Paperback)
Lori Schumaker
R364 R338 Discovery Miles 3 380 Save R26 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
An Adoption Made in Heaven - Amy Angel Goes Home (Paperback): Kathleen Lockwood An Adoption Made in Heaven - Amy Angel Goes Home (Paperback)
Kathleen Lockwood
R333 R308 Discovery Miles 3 080 Save R25 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
When Nowhere Is Home - An Adoption Story (Paperback): Charlotte Finn When Nowhere Is Home - An Adoption Story (Paperback)
Charlotte Finn
R512 R483 Discovery Miles 4 830 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Silenced - The Shocking True Story of a Young Girl Too Afraid to Speak (Paperback): Rosie Lewis Silenced - The Shocking True Story of a Young Girl Too Afraid to Speak (Paperback)
Rosie Lewis
R270 R241 Discovery Miles 2 410 Save R29 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A family with a dark secret. A child who refuses to speak. Rosie must help her before it's too late. Nine-year-old Caitlin has a secret, but she cannot tell anyone about it. When her mother is sectioned under the Mental Health Act she and her three siblings have to go and live with her grandmother Julie and grandad Ryan. Caitlin finds her new living conditions challenging: cat poo on the carpet, rubbish everywhere and the constant stare of her grandad - she retreats more and more into herself. When foster carer Rosie Lewis meets Caitlin she knows something is deeply wrong with this little girl, who is withdrawn, afraid and refuses to speak. Rosie decides to take her in, but Caitlin's silence continues, and Rosie knows she must act. Why is Caitlin so afraid to speak? Could it be that the family has a dark secret? One that is so shocking it can no longer be hidden?

Too Scared to Tell - Abused and Alone, Oskar Has No One. a True Story. (Paperback): Cathy Glass Too Scared to Tell - Abused and Alone, Oskar Has No One. a True Story. (Paperback)
Cathy Glass 1
R306 R279 Discovery Miles 2 790 Save R27 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The true story of a 6-year-old boy with a dreadful secret. Oskar's school teacher raises the alarm. Oskar's mother is abroad and he has been left in the care of 'friends', but has been arriving in school hungry, unkempt, and with bruises on his arms, legs and body. Experienced foster carer Cathy Glass is asked to look after him, but as the weeks pass her concerns deepen. Oskar is far too quiet for a child of six and is clearly scared of something or someone. And who are those men parked outside his school watching him?

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