Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past
Telling a child he or she is adopted can be a trying task, but this is only the first step. After becoming aware that he or she is adopted, the child will question the details of the adoption. The truth may reveal details that are painful and sometimes traumatic: a parent is in prison, a drug addict, or even a rapist. In Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child, Keefer and Schooler demonstrate that in even the most difficult situations, foster and adoptive parents must not withhold...
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In this book, Keefer and Schooler demonstrate that even in the most difficult situations foster and adoptive parents must not withhold or distort information about the past.
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsCh. 1The Power of Secrets on Family Relationships1Ch. 2Truth or Consequences: A Great Debate13Ch. 3Just the Facts, Ma'am: Why Do Children Need Them?25Ch. 4A Fact-Finding Mission: How to Gather What You Need to Know37Ch. 5Adoption Through a Child's Eyes: Developmental Stages53Ch. 6Through a Parent's Eyes: Core Issues, Coping Styles, and Communication71Ch. 7The Ten Commandments of Telling: Principles to Consider87Ch. 8Sharing the Hard Stuff: The Adoptive Parent's Challenge97Ch. 9Tools of Communication Between Parents and Children115Ch. 10Transracial or Transcultural Adoption: Talking About Adoption Within a Minority Family137Ch. 11Kinship Foster Care and Adoption: Telling the Truth When It's "All in the Family"153Ch. 12Opening a Closed Adoption for School-Age Children: Questions Most Asked by Parents165Ch. 13Adolescence - Chronic but Not Terminal: Keeping Lines of Communication Open181Ch. 14Opening a Closed Adoption - The Teenage Years195Ch. 15Communicating about Adoption in the Classroom: Teaching the Teachers211Epilogue223Bibliography225Index229
