International Adoption Books

Each year over 20,000 foreign-born children are adopted by families in the United States making international adoption a very viable option for you to consider.With that in mind, we have thoughtfully selected the books in this section to cover the unique issues surrounding international adoption.

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There are some aspects of international adoption that are the similar regardless of where your child comes from:

• Maintaining ties to your child’s cultural background
• Coping with extensive paperwork
• Learning to recognize a new language (even for pre-verbal children)
• Acclimating to new customs
• Possibly becoming a transracial family
• Educating others

 

But some issues are unique to each sending country:

• Travel and residency requirements
• Type of care for the pre-adoptive child (orphanage, foster care)
• Medical issues (attachment disorder, fetal alcohol syndrome)
• Restrictions on who can adopt

 

As adoptive parents, it’s important for you to learn as much as you can to help your child make the transition to his or her forever family. Share in the wisdom of professionals and families who have adopted from China in Passage to the Heart. Follow in the steps of a couple as they transition from infertility to adoption in A Nest for Our Russian Doll. Understand why a Korean birthmother made an adoption plan in I Wish for You a Beautiful Life.

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