This is the first guide to provide in-depth coverage of the special issues associated with international adoption along with an explanation of the process itself.
Growing infertility rates and a decreasing number of available children and babies in Western countries has quintupled the number of foreign children adopted into U.S. homes since the early 1950s. But until now, the million-plus prospective parents have had to rely on books covering the international adoption process alone or short chapters in general adoption books for clues to help them through the growing maze of foreign adoption. Adoption experts Dr. Barbara Bascom and Carole A. McKelvey provide adoptive parents-to-be with a comprehensive guide full of information they'll wonder how they ever lived without, including the names and addresses of American agencies approved to process international adoptions; tips on how to avoid fraud, illicit baby brokering, legal obstacles and human rights violations; professional advice on how to successfully bond with foreign, formerly institutionalized children; true stories of the special rewards of parenting children with special needs and much, much more.
