Hague Adoption Glossary
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Books/Videos
Single Parenting
- And Baby Makes Two (First Run Features 2007)
- Adopting On Your Own: The Complete Guide to Adoption for Single Parents
by Lee Varon (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2000)
- Single Mothers by Choice: A Guidebook for Single Women Who Are Considering or Have Chosen Motherhood
by Jane Mattes (Three Rivers Press 1994)
Raising a Transracial child
- Black Baby White Hands: A View from the Crib
by Jaiya John (Soul Water Rising 2005)
- In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories
by Professor Rita J. Simon, Professor Rhonda M. Roorda (Columbia University Press 2000)
- Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child: From Your First Hours Together Through the Teen Years
by Patty Cogen (Harvard Common Press 2008)
- The Connected Child: Bring hope and healing to your adoptive family
by Karyn Purvis, David Cross, Wendy Sunshine (McGraw-Hill 2007)
Adoption in the Classroom
- Adoption and the Schools: A Resource Guide for Parents and Teachers by Lansing Wood, Nancy Ng (Families Adopting in Response)
- Children of Intercountry Adoptions in School: A Primer for Parents and Professionals
by Ruth Lyn Meese (Bergin & Garvey 2002)
Issues in Adoption
- Adoption Parenting: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections
by Jean MacLeod, Sheena Macrae (EMK Press 2006)
- Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
by Sherrie Eldridge (Delta 1999)
- Parenting the Hurt Child : Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow
by Gregory C. Keck, Regina M. Kupecky, Lynda Gianforte Mansfield (Pinion Press 2002)
Articles
- Adoptive Families, the online adoption and parenting guide, has provided trusted adoption information and inspiration to families for over 30 years.
- Raising A Child of Another Race - Deliberate Parenting Can Make a Difference
- How to Be an Adoption Advocate
- Nature & Nurture: A New Look at How Families Work
- Helping Classmates Understand Adoption
Websites
- Joint Council on International Children's Services
- C.A.S.E -- Center for Adoption Support and Education
- National Center for Fathering
- National Adoption Center
- Adoption Learning Parnters
- North American Council on Adoptable Children
- Yahoo! International Adoption Groups Search Page
Adoption Programs for Single Parents Preparing to Adopt as a Single Parent
Support and Education
