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Tables of Contents for Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
xv
The Power of Secrets on Family Relationships
1
12
Truth or Consequences: A Great Debate
13
12
Just the Facts, Ma'am: Why Do Children Need Them?
25
12
A Fact-Finding Mission: How to Gather What You Need to Know
37
16
Adoption Through a Child's Eyes: Developmental Stages
53
18
Through a Parent's Eyes: Core Issues, Coping Styles, and Communication
71
16
The Ten Commandments of Telling: Principles to Consider
87
10
Sharing the Hard Stuff: The Adoptive Parent's Challenge
97
18
Tools of Communication Between Parents and Children
115
22
Transracial or Transcultural Adoption: Talking About Adoption Within a Minority Family
137
16
Kinship Foster Care and Adoption: Telling the Truth When It's ``All in the Family''
153
12
Opening a Closed Adoption for School-Age Children: Questions Most Asked by Parents
165
16
Adolescence---Chronic but Not Terminal: Keeping Lines of Communication Open
181
14
Opening a Closed Adoption---The Teenage Years
195
16
Communicating about Adoption in the Classroom: Teaching the Teachers
211
12
Epilogue
223
2
Bibliography
225
4
Index
229