Adoption Attorney's Praise for The Family of Adoption

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	• The Family of Adoption Joyce Maguire Pavao Beacon Press, 1999 - 160 pages average customer review:based on 21 reviews view larger image
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Adoption Attorney's Praise for The Family of Adoption

As the attorney for many adoptive families I sometimes find myself filling in information that social workers haven't provided, or at least haven't provided in a way that the family understood. A couple of issues that come up often are, "I've been told that adoption is not the same as birth parenting, but exactly how is it different?" and "How will adoption affect my child through out his or her childhood." I find that many families do not understand these issues before they adopt. This is the perfect book to put in the hand of a prospective family. It is also great for families experiencing adoption related challenges who feel that they are unique and alone. This book gives them comfort and understand. It is a great resource. It is short too, families like. Thank you Dr. Pavao.

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GREAT BOOK

I HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK YET BUT HAVE SKIMMED OVER IT. INFORMATION LOOKS TO BE WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. SATISFIED WITH PRICE AND PURCHASE.

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The best book on adoption ever written

Joyce Magure Pavao does what so few writers on adoption do: instead of taking sides with one member of the adoption triad or another, she treats all of them with warmth and compassion. Yes, this book is a wealth of concrete information about the adoption process, and about adoption as a lifelong form of identity and family structure. But most importantly, it is a book that reaches into the hearts of birthparents and adoptive parents, and helps them cultivate compassion and understanding for one another.

This book transformed my relationship to my son's birthparents. My son was adopted from foster care, and I spent a long time being angry and afraid of his birthparents. With Joyce Maguire Pavao's help, I managed to reach out to them, and found out that they were every bit as terrified and bewildered as I was. Now we have overcome our fears and we can work together to create an environment for our son that is focused on his needs instead of ours. We can give him the truth about his beginnings, and the knowledge that we all love him tremendously. Pavao has helped us change a situation that could have made our son completely neurotic into one that is helping him grow up healthy and strong.

The book is only ten bucks. And it's the best ten bucks you will ever invest in your kids or in yourself. Buy it.

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Good insight...

My husband and I are in the process of adopting a teenage boy. I purchased 4 books to prepare myself for possible situations that may arise. This was by far the best one of those I have read. The book was very easy reading and quite enjoyable. The book describes actual events from different case studies and had alot of helpful info. I found most of the other books boring and hard to get through. This was straight to the point and offered real life solutions and explainations for certain behaviors.

Great reading for anyone touched by adoption

This book is an excellent discussion of the ways adoption is experienced by all members of the triad, with particular emphasis on the normal developmental issues adoptees face at different times of their lives. Joyce Maguire Pavao is clear and forthright, sensitive and reassuring. Her wise insight is illustrated with examples and the poetry of adoptees. I highly recommend this book.

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Pioneering family and adoption therapist Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao is the first to demonstrate that there are predictable and understandable developmental stages and challenges for adopted people. Through stories of work with children and families, she shows us that adoptive parents, as well as teachers, therapists, and all who work with children must come to understand these developmental stages as normal?challenging, but normal. The Family of Adoption is a timely and powerful argument for the right kind of "openness" within adoptive families.

"The Family of Adoption, Pavao's insightful, informative, and at times very moving look at adoption from all sides, remains true to her premise that 'at the bottom of each and every adoption?no matter which kind?for all of the birth and adoptive parents, is a child.'"

?Diane Daniel, The Boston Globe
"Pavao's own adoption and years of experience as a psychologist working with adoption issues enables her to offer practical advice, a unique and empathetic understanding, and wise counsel."

?Marian Wright Edelman, president, the Children's Defense Fund
"Many have written about adoption. Few have Joyce Maguire Pavao's unique combination of personal experience, professional expertise and eloquent voice. She . . . offers us new insights and understanding. Her stories . . . have an authenticity that is invaluable."

?Annette Baran, coauthor of Adoption Triangle and Lethal Secrets
"A commitment to placing the best interests of the child first informs every page of this excellent study."

?Publishers Weekly

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