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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
Not an easy book (in that its lessons are difficult), but good and worthwhile.
Unfortunately this book was more frustrating than insightful. The author was adopted at birth back in the 40's and it seems like her perception of adoption is rooted in her own experience as an adoptee. The entire book is based on newborn adoption with very few brief notes on adoption of older children. She only mentions the trauma of being separated from a birth mother at the hospital and not the trauma of repeated abuse that many children endure before being identified for adoption. She is clearly on the side of nature vs nurture and does not acknowledge that the child's personality is also influenced by the adoptive home--even going so far as to say that a child expressing interest or commonality with his/her adoptive parents is faking it in a way that brings shame and resentment.
I took away from this book that it is important to be truthful and forthcoming with your adopted child and support healthy processing. The rest was redundant and not applicable to my situation.
I took away from this book that it is important to be truthful and forthcoming with your adopted child and support healthy processing. The rest was redundant and not applicable to my situation.