Adoption category: 683 books

"Essere genitori è un’esperienza assoluta non adatta a tutti. Essere genitori adottivi è un’esperienza assoluta destinata a pochi. Un bambino adottato è come un tossico senza colpe o volontà d’essersi trovato in quel tunnel e dal quale ha poche possibilità d’uscire". Parole...

Mediare conflitti tra i bambini: il testo, con proposte di gioco e di laboratorio, offre suggerimenti, ma prima ancora impegna a ripensare l’atteggiamento dell’adulto di fronte a possibili occasioni di contrasto tra bambini. Le autrici vogliono far scoprire l’arte della mediazione ed il suo...

Questa ricerca vuole essere un valido aiuto per chi vuole conoscere il mondo delle adozioni in Italia e in India. Troppe volte si parla del mondo dell’infanzia guardandolo e pensandolo da adulti, senza badare a cosa sia meglio per il bambino. Se si parte, invece, dal minore, tutto il percorso verso...

Can one person really make a difference in the world?The answer is a resounding YES!The One Factor traces the impact of a single person, moment, investment and vision as it uncovers the Source of the one factor.In The ONE Factor you'll read stories of people who are changing their world. You're invited to join the conversation.

Adopting a child for many is a dream come true, but sometimes it can be a hard story when a child is old enough to understand they were brought into the world by someone else. "Tummy Mommy Heart Mommy" captures in simple language and illustrations the amazing love it takes for both someone...

Quilts & Capers in a true story of two adopted brothers who set out to determine who their birthparents were. One of the brothers was sixty-nine years old and the other sixty-five when the search began. Follow one brother though the pain staking procedures and problems encountered while...

Martin was only 7 years old when he arrived in Canada in 1892, with a contingent of young British orphans. Not only did the young boy just lose his father, but this death had brought about the dismantling of his whole family and, when he emigrated to another country, this enhanced his feeling of being...

Wouldn’t it be something if mother, a small voice from the past, a farm-woman sitting at her kitchen table pouring out her heart on paper in thankfulness and gratitude for the children she adopted could in some manner impact the world? The time was 1956. Mother wrote to Grandma Holt of the Holt agency...

Für immer mehr kinderlose Paare im Westen sind "Leihmütter" in der Dritten Welt die letzte Hoffnung auf Elternglück. Aber darf man mit der Fruchtbarkeit Geschäfte machen? GEO hat eine deutsche Familie begleitet, die in Durban Zwillinge gebären ließ. Die großen Themen der Zeit sind manchmal kompliziert....

Singer/Songwriter Kristie Stremel creates a read-along book to her new song “Love Makes A Family”. Stremel wrote the song for her son in an effort to explain the importance of family and to help celebrate the diversity in families today. Her childhood friend, Blue Haas, illustrated the book.

In this heartwarming tale, Kai the Minnesota-born yellow Labrador Retriever recounts how she and her two dads adopted her human brothers. With a unique canine perspective, we learn about the arrival of Isaac in 1999 and then Jason in 2002. Relying on her innate ability to see things through the eyes...

Everything was going fine, until February 13th 2008. I woke up at 7am, before everyone. I checked on the kids, they were still sleeping, and then I made the mistake that I will regret for the rest of my life. I laid back on the couch and fell asleep… just for a minute. My cousin always came over...

The Hart of a Man is a memoir of the emotional and spiritual roller coaster that a young woman experiences after the passing of her uncle, who was the pastor of the church she grew up in. His influence on her life, as well as the lives of the entire congregation left a lasting impact well into her...

Questo racconto è dedicato a tutti coloro che si trovano a vivere l’affido familiare in prima persona: protagonisti più o meno consapevoli di una storia in cui sentimenti, sofferenza e legislazione si intrecciano talvolta in modo poco chiaro per gli adulti, a maggior ragione per i bambini. Ogni...