The Open Adoption Book: A Guide to Adoption without Tears
- 作者
- 出版社 Wiley & Sons
- 出版时间 1998年1月 第1版
- ISBN 9780028621708
- 定价 162.30
内容简介
UpdatedforaNewPaperbackEdition,theDefinitiveGuidetoOpenAdoption,bythefounderoftheOpenAdoptionMovementTheexplodingpopularityofopenadoptiontodayunderscoreswhatadoptingparents,birthparents,andmanyadoptionexpertsnowmaintain:Openadoptionisthehealthiest,mosthumane,andfastestmethodavailable.It'sbetterforthebirthmother,becauseshe(notlawyersorsocialworkers)decidesthefutureofherchild.It'sbetterforchildren,becausethey'reraisedwithouttheshroudofsecrecyandstigmathataccompaniesmostclosedadoptions.Andit'sbetterforadoptingparents,becauseitdramaticallyshortensthetimeittakestoobtainababy,fromanaverageofsevenyearstounderoneyear.Asdirectorofoneofthecountry'sleadingopenadoptionagenciesandfounderofthefirstnationwidenetworkofopenadoptionorganizations,BruceRappaporthasfacilitatedthousandsofsuccessfulopenadoptionsandacquiredanintimateunderstandingofthemostcommonandheartfeltconcernsofparentsseekingtoadoptababy.Interweavingpersonalstoriesandreal-lifeexperiencesofadoptingparents,birthparents,andadoptedchildren,heanswersthequestionsclientsmostfrequentlyask:*Whatisanopenadoption?Howdoesitdifferfromtraditionaladoption?*WillIeverfeellikearealparentifmychild'sbiologicalmotherknowsI'mraisingherchild?Willsheinterfere?*Whatifthebirthmotherchangeshermindaftertheadoption?*Howlongwillittaketogetachild?Documentinganswerswithextensivepersonalexperienceandresearch,Dr.Rappaportpaintsareassuringyetrealisticpictureoftheopenadoptionprocess.Theresultisahighlyinformative,deeplymovingbookthatwillhelpmanypeoplerealizethegreatestjoylifecanoffer.
— END —