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Adoption Lifebooks Are a Wonderful Tool for Foster and Adoptive Families

Our foster son moved out in February. Before he left we made sure he had a lifebook. I can't say enough about the need for lifebooks for children who have been adopted or in foster care. Lifebooks are not just simple scrapbooks, they fill in the missing blanks of a child's history and can also offer honest answers to tough questions.

This is exactly why I recommend Beth O'Malley's work. She can answer these questions without degrading a child's birth family or further traumatizing a child with the blunt truth. Learn how to explain a parent's drug usage or the abandonment in an orphanage with Beth O'Malley's wonderful tools. An adoptee and an adoptive parent, O'Malley has a definite passion for her work.

Recommended Reading:
Adoption Book Review: Lifebooks: Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child
Book Review: My Foster Care Journey - Lifebook for children under age 8
Book Review: For When I'm Famous - Lifebook for Teens
Saturday April 19, 2008 | comments (0)

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