Child Adoption: A Guidebook for Adoptive Parents and Their Advisors

This guide is aimed at both adoptive parents and professionals. It covers both the practical and emotional issues, and practical problems, which affect child and parents in adoption, such as preparation of the family and the child, adopting from other races or cultures, helping the child adjust, and discussing the adoptive status with the child. The text aims to help everyone involved in the adoption process make educated and fully thought-out decisions.