Now available - The newly revised 3rd Edition Adoption Lifebook: A Bridge to Your Child's Beginnings is a wonderful and easy to use workbook for international adoptive parents and waiting parents. If you wish to document your children's early lives for them, in the form of a lifebook, then this book is for you. Through exercises and the text, readers become more comfortable telling children the truth about their beginnings while emphasizing their strengths and resilience. Adoption specialist Cindy Probst guides parents through such topics as talking with children about their birth parents, discussing your child's orphanage or foster care experience, answering "Why was I adopted?" type questions, and using empowering adoption language. This book is an invaluable resource for helping children feel good about who they are. Adoption Lifebook uses a journal-type format to encourage parents to jot down notes and feelings as they traverse the adoption process. It provides thoughtful and sensitive answers to the tough questions ahead. Cindy Probst, the author, shows how to positively "reframe" your questions and answers to meet the specific psychological needs of the adopted child. Contents:

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