Why write a book on toddler adoption? -- Is toddler adoption for you? -- Getting started on adoption -- The adoption transition -- Understanding your toddler's development -- Parenting the grieving toddler -- Becoming attached -- Behavior management -- Parents have needs, too -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Resources -- Adoption references -- Attachment references -- Parenting references -- Index
Summary
Toddler Adoption looks at the unique joys and challenges of adopting and parenting a toddler. When a child aged is adopted between the ages of 12 to 36 months, they often show signs of cognitive and emotional immaturity, which can cause behavioral and relational issues. This book offers support and practical tools to help parents prepare for and support the toddler's transition between the familiar environment of their biological parent's home or foster home to a new and unfamiliar one, and considers the issues that arise at different developmental stages. It highlights the challenges that par
