Adoption For Dummies
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Adoption For Dummies

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Adoption For Dummies

About this book

You hear all sorts of things said or implied about adoption. Some information comes from people who know a lot about it, while some comes from people who don't know anything about it but make assumptions anyway. Some comes from people whose experiences have been good; some from those whose experiences have been bad. The result? Enough conflicting information to make your head spin.

So when everyone has an opinion and most of the books on the market deal with specific aspects on adoption or particular types of adoptions, where do you turn tofor reliable information? Start with Adoption For Dummies.

The great thing about this guide is that you decide where to start and what to read. It's a reference you can jump into and out of at will. Just head to the table of contents or the index to find the information you want. Each part of Adoption For Dummies covers a particular aspect of adoption, including:

  • Answering the basic adoption questions–How much does it cost? Who's involved? How long does it take? What do I need to know that I don't know to ask? And more.
  • Getting started–and figuring out what steps you have to take.
  • Dealing with birthmothers and birthfathers–and why, even though they may not be part of your life, they're still important to you.
  • Confronting the issues adoptive families face–issues from sharing the adoption story with your child, to answering your child's questions about his birthparents, to handling rude family members who treat your child differently than her cousins.
  • Finding help–from books, resources, and support groups.

No adoption book–at least no adoption book that you can carry around without a hydraulic lift–can tell you everything there is to know about adoption. What Adoption For Dummies tells you is what you need to know, all in an easy-to-use reference.

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Information

Publisher
For Dummies
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780764554889
eBook ISBN
9781118069844
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Title
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Part I : Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Adoption but Didn’t Know Whom to Ask
  5. Chapter 1: Adoption Basics
  6. Chapter 2: Sorting It All Out: Types of Adoptions
  7. Chapter 3: The Adoption Process from Beginning to End
  8. Chapter 4: The Gasp Factor: What You Can Expect to Pay
  9. Chapter 5: Who Can Adopt?
  10. Chapter 6: Building a Family through Adoption: Is It for You?
  11. Part II : Getting Started and Moving Forward, One Milestone at a Time
  12. Chapter 7: Getting the Ball Rolling: Finding an Agency or Lawyer
  13. Chapter 8: Thinking about Your Future Child
  14. Chapter 9: Applications, Home Studies, and Other Really Fun Stuff
  15. Chapter 10: Doing Hard Time: The Wait
  16. Chapter 11: A Child’s Available! Now What? Placement and Follow-up Visits
  17. Chapter 12: Here Comes the Judge: The Court Appearance
  18. Part III : Birthmothers and Birthfathers
  19. Chapter 13: God Bless the Birthmothers
  20. Chapter 14: Birthfathers and Their Role in Your Adoption
  21. Chapter 15: Keeping in Touch: Meetings and Contact with the Birthmother
  22. Part IV : Issues Adoptive Families Face
  23. Chapter 16: All in the Family: Issues You Deal with at Home
  24. Chapter 17: Beyond the Family: Dealing with Outsiders
  25. Chapter 18: What Can Go Wrong and What You Can Do
  26. Chapter 19: In Search of . . . Birthparents
  27. Part V : The Part of Tens
  28. Chapter 20: Ten Great Books to Read to Your Kids
  29. Chapter 21: Ten Support Groups for Adoptive Families
  30. Chapter 22: Ten Helpful Web Sites