Adoption og plejebørn: råd og vejledning

It is 1952, and Krystyna is born amidst the smothering Great Smog of London. Two weeks later, she is abandoned. When she is whisked away to the remote North Devon coast and adopted, Krystyna begins a new life, blissfully unaware of the circumstances of her birth and abandonment. But when she makes a discovery about her origins, the uncovered secret threatens to undermine her fragile relationship with her adoptive mother, and goes on to trouble her throughout her bittersweet life. Many years and two divorces later, a DNA test result provides a clue that will send Krystyna on a journey to find out who she really is. But where will it lead?

America's foster care system has a noble goal-to care for children that for various reasons can no longer be cared for by their families-but years of inattention and inadequate funding have left many foster youth in a precarious state.This resource provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the American foster care system. Areas of coverage include the scaffolding of foster care systems in the various states (each of which operate their own unique systems through their social service agencies); conditions under which children are taken out of their families of origin and placed in foster care; the experiences of both young children and older teens in foster homes; challenges for foster children who "age out" of the system; and proposals to reform and improve foster care across the nation.Geared for students, this book contains chapters devoted to the background and history of foster care in America; the systems's problems, controversies, and solutions; original essay contributions exploring various facets of the system; profiles of leading foster care activists and organizations; governmental data and excerpts of primary documents on the topic; and an annotated list of important books, scholarly journals, and nonprint sources for further research. It closes with a detailed chronology, glossary of terms, and subject index.

In unserer Welt, in der Kinder nicht als Risiko für das eigene Überleben angesehen werden, gibt dieses Buch einen Einblick in die Nachteile einer Kindesentscheidung. Entdecken Sie die Vorteile eines kinderfreien Lebensstils und erfahren Sie, wie Sie Ihr eigenes Leben verbessern können, indem Sie Kinderlos bleiben. Von den Risikofaktoren bis hin zu den nervigen Nebenaspekten, bietet dieses Buch alles, was Sie wissen müssen, um in einer kinderfreien Welt erfolgreich und glücklich zu sein.

"He grabbed my head, told me to close my mouth. Pressing my lips together, he proceeded to use the black eyeliner and wrote across my entire mouth the word, "FILTH.""If you wash this off at any time during school, I will kill you."Peace of mind and inner peace is more possible when you resolve conflict and difficult situations. And boy, have I had my fair share of difficult situations.My hope for you, dear reader, is that you'll not feel pity or sorry for me as you read this book, but rather, understand that the hand we are dealt isn't always fair. But the way we handle that hand is entirely up to us. It is a choice, and it's a choice I made at an early age.A choice to rise instead of being defined by the things that happened to me.This book walks you through my entire life, sharing everything (good, bad, and ugly) that shaped me into the man I am today.Forgiveness is Freedom.Forgiveness is very important in all our lives. It allows us to shed our past and invites us to look positively to our future. Without forgiveness, we cannot be our whole selves. How can we give effectively to others without it?"My greatest accomplishment has been failure." Failure has forced me to evaluate my processes and find better more sustainable solutions.And that's what I bring to you within the pages of this book. Forgiveness Is Freedom is here for you. To help you understand yourself and discover a path that is yours to choose.

This book was written for anyone who works on the ground to move children from institutions into families. You as a social worker, case manager, counsellor, or person otherwise involved in this process need to be aware of the issues addressed in this book to make sure that the placement of children in families becomes sustainable. It will help to do an effective assessment of a child and to make decisions and put together a care plan and support structure that has the best chance of a successful, sustainable placement for the child. The aim of this book is to give you an insight into the influences that have affected the children, the effects on their development, and ways in which the families they will be placed with can handle the challenges ahead of them. This insight allows you to determine through assessment which of the issues described here are relevant for an individual child and it may also alert you to the need to look for specific issues when you assess the child. In turn, this helps you decide what kind of support the child and the family she goes to will most likely need. The manual can serve as a basis for the training - adapted to the needs of the individual child and family, and to the local context - that you will need to provide the family to help them understand what they can expect and how they can cope with the challenges ahead.

"Journey to Motherhood: A Place for My Heart to Call Home" is a breathtaking collection of stories of mothers who've experienced loss, pain, and heartache, and are now using those experiences to come out on the other side as redemptive, stronger women.

Families are the foundation of society. When we care for and protect children, we ensure that future generations thrive as well. The devastation that abuse and neglect cause have taught us the immense impact-good and bad-that parents have on children. This book will enlighten readers beyond those directly involved with foster children to see the resiliency and potential that can be hidden in these vulnerable girls and boys. Each of our foster children has blessed our lives with their own unique story.Many people are drawn to the foster-care world including those impacted by blended families, broken homes, childhood trauma, and mental illness. Many children also have delays and disabilities which can include autism, ADHD, and oppositional defiant disorder. This book's message will help you learn about the life of a foster child and how their needs can be met. If you are thinking about becoming a foster parent, need sound parenting advice, or are intrigued by the foster-care system, this book is for you!

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Jack Rocco was a baby when he was adopted by a blue-collar, Italian American family. Today a successful orthopedic surgeon, Jack's identity was built around his Italian heritage and while he knew the story of his "Gotday," he didn't know the story of his birth day. His was a closed adoption, and he only knew that his birth parents were a young couple-an Italian father and a German Irish mother-who couldn't afford a child. Recycled takes you along on Jack's journey of discovering his true but hidden identity. On a first date, Jack learns she was also adopted. As she describes finding and meeting her birth mother, Jack discovers that his belief about closed adoptions-that there's no way to obtain details-and the birth story he's been told may not be accurate. He becomes obsessed, devouring books about adoption and adoption trauma. He tries to follow long and twisted tentacles of nurture, nature, and free will-which parts of him were due to genetics? The nurturing environment of his adoptive home? And which parts did he actually have control over? As some of the puzzle pieces of his life click into place, others remain disconnected and swirling out of reach. And then, he makes a discovery that shatters his very self-identity. It was Jack's grandfather who coined the term "recycled children." Recycled is for those directly involved in adoption-adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth parents-and also for anybody wanting insight into the impact that early maternal and cultural separation has on a child. It is also for those coming to terms with mixed-race identity. It's one of the most thrilling, shocking, yet hopeful books about hidden identity and adoption that you'll read this year and may help you during your own identity inquiry.

The Tears of a Woman is the story of a woman's emotional struggle to become a mother while navigating weight bias and self-doubt.

There are many different types of families, but every single family is unique. All families have struggles and moments when they don't understand why they are going through so many hardships. It can help to know you're not alone. You might even think, If I belonged to a different family, things could be different. But your family can change without you leaving it.One day a lady named Grace gets a phone call from a friend about a family who needs help. The parents are in trouble and have been sent to jail, but there are four children who need adults to take care of them. Grace and her family agree to bring the four children to their house to stay with them while everything gets worked out. The change is a big one for everyone involved, but with a lot of hard work and patience, the adults and children manage to fit into Grace's house and go on with their lives. And then one day, after some time has passed and more changes have happened, the children are reunited with their family once more. Through the experience, Grace learned a valuable lesson about the effects of adults' behavior on children's lives-and the children learned that there can be family life after foster care.In this children's story, four children go into foster care and join another family for a short period of time while their parents rebuild their lives.

Written by a foster care survivor, indomitable includes real-life situations to help trauma survivors on their journey to heal themselves-finally. Di Ciruolo's step-by-step approach to healing is honest, humorous and accessible to readers of all backgrounds.

"An astonishing tale, told by a gifted storyteller. Beautifully written, emotionally engaging and unrestrained in its intimacy...as heartbreaking as it is heartfelt."-Jay Rabinowitz, ACE, award-winning motion picture editor of Requiem for a DreamCarlyn Montes De Oca grew up surrounded by secrets. She never knew her dad was a Marine during World War II or that her grandmother hired kidnappers to bring her mother back home after her parents eloped. Her parents took an even bigger secret to their graves... Carlyn's identity.In 2019, at age 57, a consumer DNA test taken for fun revealed that Carlyn's mom and dad, immigrants from Mexico, were not her biological parents. In that instant, Carlyn felt her world shatter. This revelation fueled a year long journey to find the answers to "Who the hell am I and where do I belong?" Junkyard Girl explores the powerful impact of long-held secrets and the complex relationships between immigrant mothers and their native-born daughters. This is a coming-of-age story later in life; a tale about loss and discovery, betrayal and forgiveness, and the true meaning of an American family.

Who are you, when you come from two places? Ennatu Domingo was adopted from Ethiopia at the age of seven and transplanted to Barcelona where she learned to flourish. But she never forgot her nomadic childhood in the mountains and meadows of Gondar, near the northern border with Eritrea. Having witnessed the hardships of Ethiopian rural women at an early age, she was inspired to study the patriarchal structures that underpinned her individual experiences, both in Europe and in contemporary Ethiopia. She has lived in Kenya, Belgium and the UK, and has traveled across five continents, but keeps returning to the country of her childhood, to re-construct a lost identity guided by the echo of her first language Amharic and the weight of a rich cultural heritage. Torn between forgetting and remembering, Ennatu explores the dilemma of international adoptees and migrant kids and their quest for belonging in a book destined to be a classic of its genre.

A passionate and revealing examination of the unethical processes taking place within the U.S adoption system today.Written by the director of an adoption agency and the author of The Children Money Can Buy, The Baby Market illustrates the dramatic changes that have taken place in infant adoption over the past two decades, resulting in what feels like a wild west of adoption in which money is the might that makes right and the law is very hard to find. The book follows the true stories of women who choose adoption for their babies, some of them making this choice multiple times. There are also stories from adoptive parents who relate their experiences with scams, disappointments, emotional and financial exploitation, and the dubious "assistance" of baby brokers. The process of adopting a baby involves struggle, uncertainty, and even heartache but, for many people, somehow manages to end happily when birth and adoptive parents create connections that respectfully and even joyfully meet their need for one another. The Baby Market provides welcome encouragement and much needed information about how to avoid the numerous pitfalls inherent in adoption and offers suggestions for the reform of a corrupted adoption system.