Resources

• Arms, Suzanne: TO LOVE AND LET GO, New York: Knopf: Distribution By Random House, 1993
• Blum, HP: Adoptive Parents: Generative Conflict and Generational Continuity.
  PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY OF THE CHILD, 1993
• Bothum, Linda: WHEN FRIENDS ASK ABOUT ADOPTION
• Brinich, P.M.: Some potential effects of adoption on self and object Representation.
  PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY OF THE CHILD, 1980
• Brodzisnsky, David M., Ph.D.: BEING ADOPTED-THE LIFELONG SEARCH FOR SELF
• Calladine, Carol: RAISING BROTHERS & SISTERS WITHOUT RAISING THE ROOF
  A practical guide on dealing with sibling rivalry in general
• Cooper, Leslie and Gates, Paul: TOO HIGH A PRICE; The Case Against restricting gay parenting.
  Published by The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
• Cronin, Gay Lynn: TWO BIRTHDAYS FOR BETH
• DeHartog, Jan: ADOPTED CHILDREN
• Dosick, Wayne: GOLDSTEIN RULES: THE TEN ETHICAL VALUES PARENTS NEED TO
  TEACH THEIR CHILDREN
• Gilman, Lois: THE ADOPTION RESOURCE BOOK, New York: Harper & Row, 1984
• Girard, Linda W: ADOPTION IS FOR ALWAYS
• Gold, Rabbi Michael: AND HANNAH WEPT
• Gritter, James L.: ADOPTION WITHOUT FEAR
• Gulden, Holly: REAL PARENTS, REAL CHILDREN: PARENTING THE ADOPTED CHILD
• Hess, Edith: PETER AND SUSAN FIND A HOME
• Jewett, Claudia: HELPING CHILDREN COPE WITH SEPARATION AND LOSS
• Kates, Bobbie Jane: WE’RE DIFFERENT, WE’RE THE SAME
• Kraft, A.D., et. al: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF INFERTILITY
  The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
• Krementz, Jill: HOW IT FEELS TO BE ADOPTED
• Lifton, Robert J.: ON THE ADOPTION EXPERIENCE
  The Politics of Adoption. New York Free Press, 1976
• Melina, Lois Ruskai: OPEN ADOPTION EXPERIENCE: A COMPLETE GUIDE FOR ADOPTIVE AND BIRTH FAMILIES-FROM MAKING THE DECISION THROUGH THE CHILD’S GROWING YEARS
• Melina, Lois Ruskai: RAISING ADOPTED CHILDREN: A MANUEL FOR ADOPTIVE PARENTS
  New York: Harper & Row, 1986
• Melina, Lois Ruskai: Lecture Series on Audio Cassettes:
  • Answering Your Child’s Questions About Adoption
  • The Adopted Child in Middle Childhood
  • The Joys and Challenges of Raising Adopted Children
  • Adoption is Not Second Best
  • Introduction to Adoption for Families and Friends
  • Raising a Child of a Different Race/ethnic Background
  • The Adopted Child in a Classroom
• Rohr, Franz: HOW PARENTS TELL THEIR CHILDREN THEY ARE ADOPTED
• Silber, Katheleen and Speedlin, Phylis: DEAR BIRTHMOTHER THANK YOU FOR OUR BABY
• Takas, Marianne and Warner, Edward: TO LOVE A CHILD: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO ADOPTION, FOSTER PARENTING, AND OTHER WAYS TO SHARE YOUR LIFE WITH CHILDREN