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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Family & other relationships > Adoption & tracing birth parents
Foster children are more likely than other children to be involved
in risky activities online due to backgrounds of neglect and abuse,
an absence of supportive adults, lower self-esteem, and greater
exposure to drugs and alcohol. Covering all the dangers of online
technology that your foster child might encounter, from
cyberbullying and "sexting", to child grooming and online hoaxes,
this book pays particular attention to dangers unique to foster
families, such as the difficulties internet access poses for
maintaining formal arrangements for contact with birth families.
DeGarmo equips foster parents and professionals with strategies to
keep foster children safe online, giving tips on establishing
expectations for internet usage, advice on how to prevent
inappropriate contact and protect personal information, and
explaining the importance of "netiquette". An indispensable guide
to negotiating online dangers, this is required reading for all
foster families as well as residential child care workers, social
workers and other professionals working with children in care.
NOMINATED FOR SIX OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, SUPPORTING ACTOR
AND SUPPORTING ACTRESS . . . Aged just five, Saroo Brierley lost
all contact with his family in India, after waiting at a train
station for his brother who never returned. Discover the inspiring,
true story behind the film, Lion. This is the heart breaking and
original tale of the lost little boy who found his way home
twenty-five years later. ----------------------------------- As a
five-year old in India, I got lost on a train. Twenty-five years
later, I crossed the world to find my way back home. Five-year-old
Saroo lived in a poor village in India, in a one-room hut with his
mother and three siblings... until the day he boarded a train alone
and got lost. For twenty-five years. This is the story of what
happened to Saroo in those twenty-five years. How he ended up on
the streets of Calcutta. And survived. How he then ended up in
Tasmania, living the life of an upper-middle-class Aussie. And how,
at thirty years old, with some dogged determination, a heap of good
luck and the power of Google Earth, he found his way back home.
Lion is a triumphant true story of survival against all odds and a
shining example of the extraordinary feats we can achieve when hope
endures. ----------------------------------- 'Amazing stuff' The
New York Post 'So incredible that sometimes it reads like a work of
fiction' Winnipeg Free Press (Canada) 'A remarkable story' Sydney
Morning Herald Review 'I literally could not put this book down.
Saroo's return journey will leave you weeping with joy and the
strength of the human spirit' Manly Daily (Australia) 'We urge you
to step behind the headlines and have a read of this absorbing
account...With clear recollections and good old-fashioned
storytelling, Saroo...recalls the fear of being lost and the
anguish of separation' Weekly Review (Australia)
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