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Title: Becoming a Family: Promoting Healthy Attachments with Your Adopted Child
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Manufacturer: Taylor Trade Publishing
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| Becoming a Family: Promoting Healthy Attachments with Your Adopted Child by Taylor Trade Publishing Good Intro to attachment - Light read |
| I found this book extremely helpful in giving a succinct overview of the attachment process when adopting. It is a must read for all parents thinking about or planning to adopt. However, it should lead to reading other more in-depth books for those who decide to adopt for sure. |
| Becoming a Family: Promoting Healthy Attachments with Your Adopted Child by Taylor Trade Publishing Great For Parents of young adotped children |
| This is a beautifully written book especially useful for parents of younger adopted children. It is one of the very few books that is also very relevant for those who have adopted internationally. I almost always recommend this book to families that have a younger adopted child. It is well written by a sensitive, creative, and clearly very knowledgeable therapist. |
| Becoming a Family: Promoting Healthy Attachments with Your Adopted Child by Taylor Trade Publishing Great information on attachment in adoption |
| I don't entirely agree with the other reviewer who said that this book is too scary. It *could* be scary, but the author bends over backwards to preface everything by telling you *not* to be scared off & that extreme cases are relatively few. I certainly did not get the impression that he believe that intervention is necessary for attachment. He does a great job of provides tools to assist in healthy attachment from day 1, as well as helping to discover if there are issues to be aware of later on. I am normally one to shy away from "scary" topics, but this book made me feel well-equipped - not scared. Note: I am now editing my review after having read section 3 of the book (the final section). That did get scarier... but this book still provided a lot of insight & helpful advice for promoting attachment. |
| Becoming a Family: Promoting Healthy Attachments with Your Adopted Child by Taylor Trade Publishing Good, but deserves a warning before reading! |
Warning... this book could instill a LOT of fear! Granted, it is an excellent book in describing a healthy attachment and how to achieve this with your adopted child; only that is NOT the book's primary purpose. The author wants to illustrate what is not healthy, and how often these "unhealthy" attachments occur, specifically in international adoptions. The author write this book firmly in the belief that no matter how much love you shower upon your adopted child/children they will always lack the ability to bond unless intervention is taken.
So, if you choose to read this book, it is best to read as a "heads-up." Because, even though this book appears more "doom and gloom," there really are a lot of great suggestions to help build this much needed bond with your adopted (even bio) child/children, and the author also suggests the best types of therapies for these children with RAD (reactive attachment disorder) as they will not respond to "normal" therapies.
Unfortunately, the negative seems to so overpower the positive that if you aren't careful, you may be left re-thinking your adoption all together. |
| Becoming a Family: Promoting Healthy Attachments with Your Adopted Child by Taylor Trade Publishing Book Description |
| Becoming a Family helps adoptive parents recognize and respond to the signs of broken attachment. This practical guide offers clear and effective strategies for parents to help their children overcome their uncertain past and embrace the love of their new parents. |
