Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents by Deborah D. Gray Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents
Book Review: Worth Owning
Summary: 5 Stars
After reading a 3 foot tall stack of books on adoption and attachment, I can unreservedly say the is the best of the lot. If you only have time to read one, make this one it. If after reading this one you still need ideas, see my other reviews for more great books.Book Review: One of the best books ever written on adoption
Summary: 5 Stars
We wish we had read this book before adopting a 7-month-old child, we could have prevented many issues and been better prepared. Like many prospective adoptive parents, we were in denial about potential issues and avoided books like this one.
Instead we relied on the "rose colored" articles routinely published by the adoption industry...well meaning perhaps, but designed to promote adoption rather than prepare families for adoption.
Fortunately, we found this wonderful book and were able to get our child the help that many adopted children need.
Book Review: not very useful for infant adoption
Summary: 2 Stars
I am sure this is an excellent book for parents of children adopted when they were older, or parents who are currently going through attachment problems. However, I read this book as a prospective adoptive parent of a 6-month-old baby, and all it did was cause great anxiety and worry. I imagined all kinds of frightening scenarios. Also, there is hardly any advice to parents adopting infants. I would have been much better off waiting to purchase this book IF I needed it. For now, it's going on the bookshelf and I'll pull it out in the future only if we develop some sort of problem. I gained MUCH more useful advice on attachment from a brief insert I received in my Adoptive Families Magazine.Book Review: Really Useful
Summary: 5 Stars
The most practical, informative and yet reassuring book that I have read on the challenging topic of adoption. She makes the complex topic understandable, avoids jargon, displays empathy rather than sympathy and provides facts and figures, further reading and other resources. It is worth every penny (+ postage) that I paid for it.Book Review: Must Read for All Adoptive Parents
Summary: 5 Stars
As the parent of 2 adopted children, one who attached easily and one who is proving to be more of a challenge, this book is one that I feel our agency should make required reading. It is not only for those parents of older adoptees, but I found much that was helpful for our 14 month old son. Beyond the obvious helpful ideas and explanations, this book served to help "normalize" this experience for me, and helped me feel less like we are living in our own little hell at the moment. Reading the real-life stories provided me with several "ahh haa" moments, and I now feel much better equipped to handle my son's behavior and understand this is more of a "Long Haul" than a "Quick Fix", but definitely something that can be worked with and helped. This book is very in-depth and comprehensive, and for someone who is at this moment dealing with a month worth of sleepless nights, tantrums, and constant pushing away I can't think of anything more valuable that I have found to help me through this.