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Books on Parenting
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General
Older Children or Those With Special Needs
More books on Parenting
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Parents, Real Children: Parenting the Adopted Child
Holly Van Gulden / Paperback / Published
1995
A leading authority offers practical advice for parents on how
to talk with their children about adoption and how to help them
through the rougher times of growing up adopted.
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Parenting With Love and Logic
Jim Fay (Contributor), Foster W. Cline, M.D. / Hardcover / Published 1990
If you want to raise kids who are self-confident, motivated, and ready for the real world, take advantage of the win-win approach to parenting. Your kids will win because they'll learn responsibility and the logic of life by solving their own problems. And you'll win because you'll establish healthy control-without resorting to anger, threats, nagging, or exhausting power struggles.
Parenting with Love and Logic puts the fun back into parenting!
"Parents consistently tell us they wish they had known about love and logic earlier. This common sense approach gives parents a tangible hope that they can still influence their kids."-Dave Funk, staff development coordinator, New Berlin Public Schools, Wisconsin
Also available in audio
cassette.
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Building the Bonds of Attachment : Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children
Daniel A. Hughes / Paperback / Published
1999
From an Amazon.com reader: "An answer to my prayers! This is a must have book for anyone dealing with attachment disorder. I have read it over and over and learned something substantial each time. After about 6 months of failed attempts to find a therapist trained to work with my four year old daughter and I, I finally bought this book and dove in. I have been doing therapy with my daughter for about two months as described in the book and now we have a budding new relationship. A reciprocal one. She is beginning to love and trust. This is the missing peice of the puzzle. It makes sense."
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Facilitating Developmental Attachment : The Road to Emotional Recovery and Behavioral Change in Foster and Adopted Children
Daniel A. Hughes / Paperback / Published
2000
From an Amazon.com reader: "I have 3 adopted children with attachment problems. I've read many, many books on this subject. Hughes' book, though written primarily for therapists, has been the most helpful to me as a parent. Hughes does a great job of describing unattached children and the treatment therapists and parents need to provide to help children bond. Parents considering adopting older children need to read this book. I wish I'd had this book 10 years ago. The mistakes we could have avoided might have given our children a much better chance at a normal life. I also wish Hughes would include information about strategies for dealing with unattached young children who have become unattached teens."
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Our Own : Adopting and Parenting the Older Child
Trish Maskew / Hardcover / Published
1999
Based on the author's experiences as an adoptive mother and foster parent, as well as interviews with numerous adoptive families, adoption professionals and adults who were adopted, Our Own thoroughly explores both the joys and the challenges of older child adoption. Suitable for families adopting domestically or internationally, it covers such topics as:
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Evaluating whether you have what it takes to adopt a child who's no longer a baby.
- Choosing an agency and finding a child to adopt.
From Cherie Clark, International Mission of Hope:
"I think this is a must for families adopting an older child. There is so much information that I was astounded that it had been assembled and put together in such a readable and informative format...What a gift."
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