Adoption Life Cycle The Children and Their Families Through the Years

Name: Adoption Life Cycle The Children and Their Families Through the Years
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ISBN: 9780029270554

ISBN-10: 0029270553

ISBN-13: 9780029270554

Edition: 29th 1992

Authors: Elinor B. Rosenberg

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Adoption has been heavily criticized recently as an outdated social institution. This book argues that it is still the best solution to a significant social problem, but that its limits and possibilities, as opposed to natural parenthood, need to be more fully understood and appreciated.

Book details

List price: $27.95
Edition: 29th
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Free Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 209
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Preface



The Myth of the Perfect Solution



To Have but Not to Hold: Developmental Tasks of Birth Parents



Becoming Parents: Developmental Tasks of Adoptive Mothers and Fathers



Growing Up Adopted: Developmental Tasks of Adoptees



Shared Lives: The Interrelationship of Developmental Tasks of Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Adoptees



When Help Is Needed: Implications for Clinical Interventions



Surrounding the Adoption Circle: Implications for Social and Legal Practice


Afterword


Appendix A. Developmental Tasks of Birth Parents


Appendix B. Developmental Tasks of Adoptive Parents


Appendix C. Developmental Tasks of Adoptees


Notes


Index