David Sanford, general editor of the anthology, Handbook on Thriving as an Adoptive Family, e-mailed me a review of the book, published on Examiner.com. David knew I’d be interested, since I wrote the chapter on post-adoption support.
Reviewer Gail Welborn explains that the book’s 17 chapters cover topics such as attachment and bonding issues, sibling and extended family relationships, and past abuse issues. The information equips parents to nurture and discipline, and teaches how to develop and build solid families and support networks.
She writes:
Washington adoption specialist, Laura Christianson, writes about and speaks on adoption-related issues. She encourages adoptive parents “to fulfill the law of Christ and carry one another’s burdens:” (Galatians 6:2).
In the chapter on “Developing a Support Network,” she writes that adoptive parents need the “emotional and spiritual support” found in such groups. Groups provide necessary tools, resources, knowledge and encouragement to persevere and maintain parental commitment, nourish children and accept sometimes overwhelming challenges of an adopted family.
To read the complete review, visit Examiner.com.
Handbook on Thriving as an Adoptive Family, Tyndale House
Publishers, Focus on the Family Resource, General Editors, David and
Renee Sanford, 2008, 288 Pages, ISBN-13: 978-1589973381, $14.99