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Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 8:51 PM
Subject: Good info on parenting adopted children

There are a couple of articles on the IAA website I thought were really excellent.
http://www.i-a-a.org

Go to "Adoption Articles" in the left column, there are many good articles, but the two new ones are so accurate to what we are experiencing with our 6 1/2 yr old who just came home 2 months ago. I thought some of you might be interested in reading them:

1) Proactive Parenting in Adoptive Families: Why is my child so angry, depressed, anxious?
2) Going and Growing through Grief and Loss: Parenting Traumatized Adopted Children

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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 9:06 PM
Subject: 20 things

I'm adopted my self and I love the book “20 Things Adopted Children Wish Their Parents Knew”.  It is the one book I would
recommend to all adoptive parents.  I'm about half way through it.  I keep forgetting about it.  I know there are others like "Primal Wound", but I wouldn't suggest that.  I haven't read it, but from what I have heard it is very negative.  There are probably some things that aparents don't want to hear in "20 Things", but I really like the way the author puts things.  She shows both the hard, sometimes depressing side, but she also shows you could, logical ways to deal with things.  I think the main thing to remember is that not all children will experience all the things discussed in the book and some will handle them differently. Just like everybody else, they are all different.