Real Parents, Real Children

REAL PARENTS, REAL CHILDREN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Parenting is Parenting -- Or Is it?
Bonding: The Love Question
Grief and Loss
Identity and the Adopted Child
Pregnancy Without a Due Date: Preplacement and Postplacement Stree
On Moving Children
Growing Up Adopted: The Developing Child
Early Infancy: The First Six Months
The Older Infant -- Separation and Individuation: Six to Thirty-six Months
The Preschool Years: Three to Five Years
Middle Childhood: Six to Ten Years
Adolescence: Eleven to Eighteen Years
School and the Adopted Child
Adoption Issues in Adulthood
On Being Family

AUTHOR INFORMATION
Holly van Gulden, a nationally recognized speaker and adoption counselor, has presented at hundreds of conferences and workshops for adoptive parents and professionals working with adoptive families. Holly grew up in an adoptive family comprised of six children born into the family (of which she was one), four adopted children, and several foster brothers and sisters over the years. She lives in Minneapolis with her three children, two of whom joined the family through adoption. Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb is an award-winning writer and editor working in Minneapolis. A graduate of the Medill Graduate School of Journalism at Northwestern University, she is best know for her work in medical and health care writing.