TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crook,Marion
TI  - Thicker than blood: adoptive parenting in the modern world 
SN  - 9781551526317
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Vancouver, BC
PB  - Arsenal Pulp Press
KW  - Adoptive parents
KW  - Parenting
KW  - Adopted children
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Adoption
KW  - Psychological aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-208) and index; Foreword / by Adam Pertman -- Secrecy in adoption -- Why parents adopt -- Becoming a family -- Successful parenting -- What children need and how parents can help -- Helping adoptees through ages and stages -- The changing world of adoption -- Search and reunion -- The future of adoption; Issued also in electronic format
N2  - Adoptive parents can be bewildered or apprehensive and find themselves struggling in ways they hadn't anticipated. Marion Crook gently takes adoptive parents through the process of adoption from childhood to adulthood, helping to demystify the experience with compassion and reassurance. Meticulously researched but refreshingly free of academic jargon, this book will enlighten and empower adoptive parents and those who work with adopted children alike
ER  -