Years ago, I picked up the book, 20 Things Adopted Kids Wish their Parents Knew by Sherri Eldridge. I never read it. Yesterday, I was cleaning out a closet upstairs and came across it and thought I would give it a try.
I was wondering if any of you have read it and if so, what did you think? For those of you who haven't, do you want to join me in reading it? We could have our own little virtual book club going on. I thought it might be helpful to read it together and bounce ideas and thoughts off of each other.
The book sells at Amazon for around $10. You can order it here.
Leave me a comment or send me an email and let me know what you think.
Brandi
1 comment:
Yep, but I tend to have rather opinionated opinions... We are having to read 4 different books to discuss with our SW at the time of home study. All so far have, in my opinion been a waste of time. Alot dealing with coming to terms with infertility, and while I think that is VALID, it doesn't apply to us. The things that the kids wish their parents knew, quite frankly would be things that any logical person would know on their own. Like, the child needs to grieve the loss of where they came from, or that it is best to share all the info of the birth family rather then hide it... At least half the time I was shaking my head thinking, really? they have to write a book about this, it isn't just common sense? And I also take issue with the psychology used in most of these types of books, seems to contradict how one would be Biblically instructed to handle a situation with one's child. It becomes all about their feelings and therefore bad behavior is almost allowed... at least that's how I understood it. You don't want to squash their feelings so therefore you don't discipline rude behavior or hurtful comments because that is what they are feeling. We read the books because we're required to, but honestly haven't learned a thing.
But then, that's just my opinion...
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