The children money can buy : stories from the frontlines of foster care and adoption /
Moody, Anne,
The children money can buy : stories from the frontlines of foster care and adoption / Anne Moody. - vi, 260 pages ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Introduction -- Foster care -- Why do I want this job? -- Service plans -- Who are these parents and children? -- Foster home highs and lows -- The cycle of dysfunction -- Boy troubles -- Termination of parental rights -- Making my escape -- Agency adoption -- The home study process -- Adoption is the good thing that happens -- Adoption disruptions -- "Doing good" isn't always good -- The need for open adoption -- Finding just the right home -- Adoptive parenthood and sisterhood -- Children are exactly who they are meant to be -- How to talk about adoption -- A homeland tour : honoring your child's heritage -- A sister's journey of the heart -- Awkward (and worse) encounters for adoptive families -- Jocelyn¿s birth mother -- Adoption connections -- Our own adoption agency -- Birth parent counseling etiquette -- Two open adoptions -- Choosing an adoptive family -- Money matters -- Scammers -- Can foster care and adoption work together? -- Changes -- A battle for gay adoption -- Baby brokers -- The ethics of international adoption -- The ethics of foster care -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements.
9781538108024 153810802X
2017034191
Foster home care--United States.
Adoption--United States.
The children money can buy : stories from the frontlines of foster care and adoption / Anne Moody. - vi, 260 pages ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Introduction -- Foster care -- Why do I want this job? -- Service plans -- Who are these parents and children? -- Foster home highs and lows -- The cycle of dysfunction -- Boy troubles -- Termination of parental rights -- Making my escape -- Agency adoption -- The home study process -- Adoption is the good thing that happens -- Adoption disruptions -- "Doing good" isn't always good -- The need for open adoption -- Finding just the right home -- Adoptive parenthood and sisterhood -- Children are exactly who they are meant to be -- How to talk about adoption -- A homeland tour : honoring your child's heritage -- A sister's journey of the heart -- Awkward (and worse) encounters for adoptive families -- Jocelyn¿s birth mother -- Adoption connections -- Our own adoption agency -- Birth parent counseling etiquette -- Two open adoptions -- Choosing an adoptive family -- Money matters -- Scammers -- Can foster care and adoption work together? -- Changes -- A battle for gay adoption -- Baby brokers -- The ethics of international adoption -- The ethics of foster care -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements.
9781538108024 153810802X
2017034191
Foster home care--United States.
Adoption--United States.