Sherrie Eldridge - 20 Things Adoptive Parents Need to Succeed: Discover the Secrets to Understanding the Unique Needs of Your Adopted Child-and Becoming the Best Parent You Can Be

Praise for

Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish
Their Adoptive Parents Knew

As a psychiatrist who has worked with dozens of adoptive families, and as an adoptive father myself, I can appreciate the sensitivity, understanding, common sense, and helpful suggestions given in this book. Sherrie has thrown the light of appreciation and understanding on the unique issues that often lie buried in the corners of adoptees lives.

F OSTER W. C LINE , M.D., internationally acclaimed child and adult psychiatrist and coauthor of Parenting with Love and Logic

What a useful book! Sherrie Eldridge has illuminated many issues adoptees and adoptive families face Many books have addressed problems in adoption, but Eldridge tackles the real villain: unresolved loss and grief issues and the trauma that precedes all adoptions. [This book] is a gift to everyone involved in adoption. Eldridges personal disclosures add a level of warmth and genuineness and yet do not overshadow her message but rather focus and heighten it. I am adding this book to my list of highly recommended books.

G REGORY C. K ECK , Ph.D., founder/director of the Attachment and Bonding Center of Ohio and author of Parenting Adopted Adolescents

This is the book Ive been waiting for! For those of us who have an adopted child, it is crucial we understand what the adoption process means to the adoptee. Sherries book warmly compels us to do just that. This information will be enormously beneficial to parents who want and need to embrace the heart concerns of their adopted child.

M ARILYN M EBERG , speaker and author of Id Rather Be Laughing

Sherrie Eldridge has opened my eyes widely to the unique needs of my daughter and how to meet them. This book is so clear on the needs of adopted children. I hope every adoptive parent like me will read it.

S TEPHEN A RTERBURN , founder of New Life Clinics and Women of Faith, and author of Addicted to Love

This is a landmark publication in the adoption field. Sherrie Eldridge has given us a sensitive, down-to-earth guide to the core issues adoptive parents want and need to understand as they respond to the genuine needs of their adopted sons and daughters. It provides a rare opportunity for the reader to share the inner feelings of adoptees and will be read by all members of the adoption triad and helping professionals.

D IRCK W. B ROWN , coauthor of Clinical Practice inAdoption and founder of the Post Adoption Center for Education and Research (PACER)

Sherrie Eldridges book is a lucid guide to many of the issues caused by the bonding disruption inherent in adoption. The possibility of complete healing through re-bonding between adoptive parent and child is enhanced when parents understand the phenomenon Sherrie so sensitively describes.

M ARTHA G. W ELCH , M.D., assistant clinical professor of psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Here at last is a book adoptive parents have been waiting for. Sherrie Eldridge has reached into her own experience as an adoptee and come forth with twenty important issues that adoptive parents need to know in order to effectively parent their adopted children [She] brings a ring of truth and immediacy to this complex and often painful subject. A book all adoptive parents should read!

N ANCY V ERRIER , adoptive parent, therapist, and author of The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child

So many questions about adoption remain unspoken, leaving children and parents paralyzed with confusion. Sherrie Eldridge gives voice to these questions as well as answers, offering hope and help. A must read for all parties touched by adoption.

E LISA M ORGAN , president and CEO of MOPS International

Adoptive relationships have for too long been encumbered by secrets and pretense. This book reveals the importance of dealing with what is true, and offers wonderful ideas for strengthening interpersonal bridges.

C ONNIE D AWSON , Ph.D., coauthor of Growing Up Again

[This] is a book written with passion and insight from the personal perspective of Sherrie Eldridge. Throughout the book, the author deals with the issues of adoption with amazing frankness and honesty.

S USAN S OON -K EUM C OX , Holt International Childrens Services, and author of Voices from Another Place

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Dedicated with love to
John and Lisa
Michael and Chrissie,
our adult children, amazing parents
to our six precious grandchildren