The importance of lifebooks, honesty, and the dangers indiscriminate sharing are examined. Find an essay about Beth’s decision to search for her daughter’s birthfamily. Learn how to help kids cope with crisis (personal and global). Find tips for adoptive grandparents.

Help kids transition in and out of foster or kinship care, prepare for emotional court dates, and capture important facts and feelings in a lifebook.

Learn why lifebooks are crucial to your child, how to help your family cope with changing facts about your child’s adoption, read about infant abandonment in China, and consider what’s involved with searching internationally on your child’s behalf.

Your role in helping kids create lifebooks improves self-esteem and creates strong bonds. Time-saving tips detailed.