Adoption makes an incredible difference in the life of a child. However, it’s not an easy journey. Please research and pray before you decide to adopt. Please learn about reactive attachment disorder, fetal alcohol syndrome, fetal alcohol effects, institutional autism and other common struggles orphans face. Here are a few resources to check out:
- Bryan Post and Heather Forbes’ Beyond Consequences Logic and Control
- Patty Cogen’s Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child
- Realistic Expectations: The First Year Home
- Karen Purvis’s The Connected Child
- A good resource on different kinds of attachment disorders
- Christine Reed’s post on her daughter with FAS
- Elephants Exposed, on the ethics of adoption
Even if adoption is not right for your family, please consider sponsoring a child through an organization like Children’s Hope Chest or Compassion International or donating to a family in the adoption process through an organization like Reece’s Rainbow or Project Hopeful.
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