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Birth mothers are often the forgotten or ignored part of the adoption triad. This collection of literary essays seeks to correct the imbalance by publishing personal stories by birth mothers, [...]

In her new book, Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control: A Love-Based Approach to Helping Children with Severe Behaviors, Volume 2, Heather offers practical and effective solutions based on [...]

This book is the fictional journal of Ronnie, a girl who journeys through multiple foster homes and wonders if she will ever find a family with which she truly belongs. […]

In a kid-friendly, accessible way, this book explores the ways that people can choose to come together to make a family by showing one perspective on the adoption experience. We […]

Book Description “As the only bear at the Russian orphanage, Nikolai wonders if anyone who visits will ever choose him, but when a fur-faced man suddenly appears with his wife, […]

Over time, all families change. Sometimes, when families have big problems, they need to change so kids will be safe. A child’s family might change from a birth family to […]

“The Lost Boy” is the harrowing but ultimately uplifting true story of a boy’s journey through the foster-care system in search of a family to love. This is Dave Pelzer’s [...]

This gently told story is for children who have witnessed any kind of violent or traumatic episode. An afterword for parents offers extensive suggestions for helping traumatized children, [...]

About the Book Dan Savage’s nationally syndicated sex advice column, Savage Love, enrages and excites more than four million people each week. In The Kid, Savage tells a no-holds-barred, [...]

In this deeply moving and myth-shattering work, Ann brings out into the open for the first time the astonishing untold history of the million and a half women who surrendered […]