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Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past

9 reviews
Betsy Keefer, Jayne Schooler, ...

Bergin & Garvey Trade, 2000

Excellent
When starting out on a search for birth parents, particularly with international adoptions where one has no idea of who (or what circumstances) one will find, this is a superb guide. They key point here, something most psychiatrists apparently have yet to learn, is that adopted children from the youngest ages frequently and actively wonder about their birth parents, and often conceptualize ...

Mom, Dad. . . I'm Pregnant: When Your Daughter or Son Faces an Unplanned Pregnancy

5 reviews
Jayne E. Schooler

NavPress Publishing Group, 2004

Helpful book full of advice, encouragement, and information
The whole day is fuzzy in my memory. The conversation between my sister and I is even a bit hazy around the edges. I think we were in the car on the way to Walgreens. But I do remember the date. Christmas Eve 1999. Nothing changed that day, but I learned that a lot of things would change soon. It was the day my little sister, then 19, told me she was pregnant. I wasn't there when she broke the ...

Journeys After Adoption: Understanding Lifelong Issues

1 review
Jayne E. Schooler, Betsie L. Norris

Bergin & Garvey Trade, 2002

Invaluable
I was fortunate enough to hear Jayne Schooler speak this past spring. Before attending, I ordered a copy of this book, and several of her others, and I've found them all invaluable. This one, though, is particularly helpful as it covers many of the issues not considered in books for new or prospective adoptive parents. Central to this book is the theme of whether or not to search for one's ...

The Whole Life Adoption Book: Realistic Advice for Building a Healthy Adoptive Family

7 reviews
Jayne E. Schooler, Thomas C. Atwood

NavPress Publishing Group, 2008

Great revised edition
Do not make the mistake of buying earlier editions of this terrific volume. The new, June 2008 edition is considerably longer and more detailed than the original book, good though that is. First off, this edition deals in much greater detail with questions and issues surrounding the inter-country adoption process, which today is governed by the Hague Convention for International Adoptions. ...