Title: Reclaiming Hope: Overcoming the Challenges of Parenting Foster and Adoptive Children
Publisher: Pusey Publishing
Publication Date: 2015
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0996963707
ISBN 13: 9780996963701
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: new

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Synopsis

Do you ever doubt your decision to foster or adopt? Do you feel hopeless in the challenges of parenting your foster or adopted children? Do you worry that you really ARE a failure as a parent?

You are not alone.

Too many people become foster and adoptive parents without having accurate information or knowing what to expect. Of those who do, many find they don’t have the resources or support they need to do it well. Many parents find themselves inadequate, insufficient, and incapable of the task of parenting foster and adopted kids. These parents are often unable to find the help they need or too embarrassed to look. This book is for the parents who question their decision to foster or adopt, who feel beaten down by the judgments of others and themselves, and who deal with regret, loss, and disappointment. It’s also for those hoping to be better prepared for the adoptive struggles ahead.

You can enjoy the new life and family you're creating.

In this unique blend of memoir and guidebook, Marcy shares with you the lessons her family has learned along the way, the problems that have nearly flattened them, and the way they’ve seen, and continue to hope for, good in each one. Marcy covers the greatest challenges, as revealed through her own experience as a foster mother, adoptive mother, and professional counselor.

Whether you are considering foster parenting or adopting, or are already in it and drowning, or you just want to throw a lifesaver to a foster parenting/adoptive friend or family member, then this book is your must-read resource.

Reclaiming Hope gives you truth about adopting, fostering, and taking guardianship of children in a new and easy-to-understand way through:

Breaking down misinformation fed to prospective foster and adoptive parents
Finding community to validate your existence, remind you of your purpose, and encourage you to keep on
Naming the 10 greatest challenges of fostering and adopting, so you can align your expectations with reality (the stuff they don’t tell you about in promo videos, fliers, and information meetings)
Help for the friend or family member who wants to support adoptive/foster families.
Reclaiming hope when circumstances scream fear and helplessness.

Follow the advice in this book and fostering and adoption can be a beautiful, wonderful experience for you and your family. It will be hard. But it doesn’t have to be devastating.

If you’re tired of pretending you’ve got it all together or that you’ve got the perfect kids or that this is always easy… if you sometimes wonder if you’ve made a mistake… if you feel the strain of raising adoptive and foster kids on your marriage or on your own health, then keep reading.

Together we are going to name these challenges, acknowledge that they exist, that they are hard, and that, at the end of the day, there is still hope.

What’s stopping you from reclaiming hope in your foster or adoptive situation?

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About the Author

Marcy is the mother of four humans and two pups, but she's also tossed pizzas for a pizzeria, acted and sang in a musical, advocated for families with special needs, made appearances in a few movies, and mimed with balloon animals at the Halifax Busker Festival. Marcy is also a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and Certified Trauma & Resilience Practitioner, international speaker, Story Coach, and the best-selling author of books for adults and for children. She does her best writing on retreats with a nearby hot tub, in any castle, and within view of the sea. Marcy loves the smiles and giggles of kids who see themselves in her pages and the tearful nods of adults who realize they're not alone by her words. You can watch and share her TEDx Talks: "How Story Empowers Kids to Shape our World" & "You Are More Than Your Traumatic Experiences."

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