Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Adoption

What Children Need to Know

Fanny Cohen Herlem

Paperback: £9.99 / $15.95

2008, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 112pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-671-5, BIC 2: VFX JHBK JKSB1

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Contents: Preface. 1. Why was I abandoned: could it happen again? 2. Why have my parents chosen me? 3. How did my parents adopt me? 4. We're a family now – just like other people! 5. Everyone says I'm different! 6. Where does my first name come from? 7. Who were my parents when I was born? 8. Where do I come from? 9. Sometimes it's hard to be adopted! 10. What about when I grow up? 11. Will I be able to adopt a child when I grow up? Appendix 1: A checklist for children. Appendix 2: A note for parents only. Appendix 3: Useful websites.

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Author information

• Fanny Cohen Herlem

Subject areas

• Education
• Working with Children and Families
• Parenting
• Health, Social Work and Social Care
• Psychiatry and Psychology

Keywords

• adoption,
• child protection,
• child psychology,
• children,
• counselling,
• education,
• emotions,
• families,
• fostering,
• parenting,
• social work

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