In his newest release, Dr. Gregory C. Keck offers new insights and parenting strategies relative to adolescents, especially adopted adolescents. Parents will find humor and relief as they realize their role in their child's journey.

Throughout this book the author addresses issues based on the following assumptions:

• All adolescents have some things in common, such as stages of development.
• Some adolescents have some things in common, such as gender, race, culture, and socioeconomic class.
• All adolescents have unique qualities that they share with no one.

Of course, the same assumptions apply to adoptees. The only difference is that the child who has joined his family via adoption must address both adolescent-developmental issues and adoption-related issues, either simultaneously or alternately. The truth remains that all families are real families regardless of how they were formed. Adoptive parents must stand up for themselves and become comfortable with the task of addressing the second-class-citizenship issues each time they are presented.

240 pgs

Strategies for Working with Adopted Adolescents