Reviews for Our Own: Adopting and Parenting the Older Child

The average rating for Our Own: Adopting and Parenting the Older Child based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-12-26 00:00:00 Peter Kirby This book is a fantastic resource for prospective adoptive parents who desire to adopt older (age 4+) children. Many if not most books related to adoption are focused on newborn, infant, or young-child adoption, and while that is useful the challenges with older child adoption are very different. This book felt completely unfiltered and got into all of the nitty gritty about the adjustment process and how the needs of an adopted child *might* be different. It was slightly lighter on process, which felt okay because that is always changing so any book would fast become outdated. It also came with a slew of resources, so I'm excited to explore those as well. All in all a good inside look from the eyes of adoptive parents.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-02-12 00:00:00 Jared Boyce The information is a little dated, but overall the book provided useful information for thinking about adapting your life when adopting an older child. They did focus on 'older' as being around toddler to early elementary school though, so anyone look for ages above that might not find this to be the most useful resource. I also appreciated that they addressed families who are adopting with other adopted children vs those adopting with biological children.