Reviews for You Can Adopt: An Adoptive Families Guide

The average rating for You Can Adopt: An Adoptive Families Guide based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-10-23 00:00:00 Frank Losasso This book has helped me SO MUCH!! My wife and I are beginning the process of Adoption. As a therapist, I am often encountered with the difficult end of adoption and the situations in which adoptees develop emotional or behavioral problems. In all honesty, I was a bit worried that this might be typical with adoption. That is, until I read about the SIBS study included in this book. The SIBS study is a longitudinal study out of Michigan in which adopted kids were compared on several variables to kids raised by their biological parents. After following these kids for many years the researchers found no discernible difference between adopted and non-adopted children in academic performance, self-esteem, and behavioral problems. I was hoping for this but it was so awesome to finally see it confirmed in black and white! An interesting sidenote is that the authors mentioned that adoptees are twice as likely to be enrolled in therapy because their parents often have more economic resources, may be more sensitive to difficulties (after having spent years to get this child), and because they were more familiar with social services (having gone through counseling while adopting, which is often required). This explained why I see a high ratio of adopted kids to non-adopted kids in treatment. Again, very helpful! This book is filled with quotes and stories from adoptive families and adoptees to help the reader with the subtle nuances of adoption. It could not have been more helpful.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-04-19 00:00:00 Dave Dake When my daughter told me she and her husband were planning to foster a child with the intention of adopting, I wasn't surprised, but I knew I had a lot of homework to do. "You Can Adopt" was a great book to help me start to understand this whole new world. The personal stories in the sidebars helped illustrate the more technical information provided in the text. The authors covered various types of adoptions, what questions to ask birth mothers, attorneys, etc., costs, the pros and cons of open adoptions, and so much more. Very worthwhile.