About Adoption: Why Lifebooks?

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Adoption Adoption Adoption Basics Parenting Advice Foster Care From Carrie Craft  Lifebooks are so important to foster and adopted children. Here are a few articles to help in the creation of a lifebook for your child. For more on Adoption and Foster Care, visit Adoption.About.com. Why Lifebooks? Lifebooks are an awesome tool for foster and adopted children. Lifebooks are not just simple scrapbooks, they fill in the missing blanks of a child's history and can also offer... Read more It's Never too Early for Creating a Life Book What is a lifebook? Somewhat like a scrapbook, a lifebook is a detailed outline of the child's life. It may include birth parent information, birth information, and any and all placements through the child's foster care or adoptive journey. Other page ideas could include: "Where I was born," "My Adoption Day," "My First Parents," "My Heritage," "Why I Came into Foster Care," or "My Dreams for the Future." Search Related Topics:  lifebooks  adoptive parenting  foster parenting Best Ideas on How to Complete a Lifebook Points to think about when helping a child create a lifebook. Search Related Topics:  lifebooks  foster care  foster parenting What Not to Put into a Lifebook Just as important, if not more important, is to remember the things that should not go into your child's lifebook. Search Related Topics:  lifebooks  foster care  foster parenting Related Searches Babies Adoption Adoption Search Foster Adoption Adoption Children Adoption Agency Featured Articles How to Be a Strong Foster Family Adoption Search and Reunion Adoption Poems by Subject African American Hair Styles Contact Me! Talk with Members of the Adoption Triad   More from About.com Run Your First 5K Even couch potatoes can be ready for a 5K with just a couple months of training. Read more...> Help! I'm Too Busy Time and stress management tips to help you feel as though you have more time. Read more...> This newsletter is written by: Carrie Craft Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Adoption newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com   This Week's Must Reads Downton Abbey Adoption Story Line Favorite Lifebook Tips Journal Questions for Kids   Follow me on: Advertisement