Beyond Good Intentions: A Mother Reflects On Raising Internationally Adopted Children - Couverture rigide

Register, Cheri

 
9781597430005: Beyond Good Intentions: A Mother Reflects On Raising Internationally Adopted Children

Synopsis

Beyond Good Intentions Beyond Good Intentions is a book of essays about the joys and risks of raising children adopted internationally. Cheri Register examines ten pitfalls that well-meaning parents like herself can easily slip into: -- Wiping Away Our Children's Past -- Hovering Over Our "Troubled" Children -- Holding the Lid on Sorrow and Anger -- Parenting on the Defensive -- Believing Race Doesn't Matter -- Keeping Our Children Exotic -- Raising Our Children in Isolation -- Judging Our Country Superior -- Believing Adoption Saves Souls -- Appropriating Our Children's Heritage Each essay opens with an exaggerated version of something an adoptive parent might say, to prompt a fr...

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