Related by adoption
£11.95
When a child is adopted into a new family, grandparents and other family members can play a really important part in the child's life.
This useful handbook introduces grandparents-to-be and other relatives to information about adoption today. It provides facts about the children who need to be adopted and discusses how the wider family can support and be involved in building a family through adoption.
The book provides answers to important questions adoptive grandparents often ask themselves, such as: can I be a grandparent to unrelated children and will I be able to love them; will an older child learn to love their new family; or how will the child fit in with existing grandchildren, nephews and nieces? The personal stories of adopted children and their relatives are at the heart of this book.
This is a must-have book for close family members of new adoptive parents or those planning to adopt.
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Reviews
The book is very small and slim, and could be read very quickly. I bought it to give to my mum and my in-laws to help manage their expectations about adoption and what may happen in the future. The book gently guides relatives through attachment issues, and how to best support newly adoptive parents and their child. The length of the book actually works in its favour: if I'm giving someone a book to help them understand what my husband and our future child are going through, it may be offputting to give them a huge long book.
Five stars, Amazon.co.uk
This little book is essential reading if your son or daughter is thinking of adopting. From a grandparent’s point of view, this book answered questions I didn’t even realise I would think of asking.
D. Gard, five stars, Amazon.co.uk