Adopted

The Ultimate Teen Guide

Suzanne Buckingham Slade author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Scarecrow Press

Published:17th Jan '13

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This guide offers adopted teens a platform to explore their feelings through relatable stories, addressing issues like identity and family dynamics in Adopted: The Ultimate Teen Guide.

The teenage years can be particularly challenging for adopted individuals, as they often grapple with complex emotions and unanswered questions. Many adopted teens experience feelings of fear, anger, and low self-esteem, which can be exacerbated by a sense of isolation. Friends and family members may struggle to fully understand their unique experiences, leaving them feeling alone in their journey. In Adopted: The Ultimate Teen Guide, young adults are invited to explore these feelings through the personal stories of other adopted teens, creating a sense of community and shared experience.

This insightful guide addresses a variety of issues that adopted teens may face, including the revelation of their adoption, the search for birth parents, and the nuances of fitting in. It also covers important topics such as international adoption, transracial adoption, and the evolving definition of family. Each chapter includes relatable narratives that illustrate how others have navigated similar challenges, offering valuable insights and strategies for coping.

The revised edition of Adopted enhances the reading experience with discussion questions at the end of each chapter, encouraging teens and their loved ones to openly acknowledge and articulate their concerns. Additionally, it features updated statistics and expert insights from adoption professionals, making this edition a comprehensive resource for adopted teens and their families, fostering understanding and support in their unique journeys.

This revised edition of Adopted: The Ultimate Teen Guide is designed with the high school age student in mind who wants a broad overview of the emotional issues that the adopted teen may feel. While the teenage years are a time of great emotional and psychological change, there are many issues that may arise for the adopted teen, including questions about where they came from, why their birth parents chose adoption, the idea of meeting their birth parents, and questions about what defines 'family.' Information in this work is presented through the personal stories of teens and young adults who have lived through these experiences; most of the stories focus on adopted teenagers and the various emotions and steps they took to resolve them. Within there are stories of meetings with birth parents, fitting in to peer and family situations, finding out one's been adopted, and the realities behind international and transracial adoptions. This revised edition has added discussion questions at the end of each chapter to help teens verbalize their questions, up-to-date statistics, and first-hand advice from adoption professionals. Teens who are experiencing strong emotions surrounding their adoption and who have questions about how others have handled the questions behind locating birth parents will find this guide useful. The personal experiences shared in this book will appeal to this target audience and could be useful for students this age researching this topic. * American Reference Books Annual *

ISBN: 9780810885684

Dimensions: 262mm x 183mm x 21mm

Weight: 667g

232 pages