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I'm looking for suggestions for books that help you handle the explanation of why your adopted child was removed from the birth parents when they were physically abused as an infant, and were too young to remember it. Making it especially sticky, the abusive birth parent is a distant relative in our case. I know there's not much chance of a book on this specifically, but any that you've read that come to mind that might be helpful? Maybe just a really good book on adoption in general?
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We have several children's books about foster care and adoption.
"Maybe Days", "Murphy's Three Homes", "A Terrible Thing Happened", "Zachary's New Home"
Just do an amazon search for foster care books for children and you will find many suggestions. Reading is such a great way to keep dialogue open for kids.
I make sure that we include abook about foster care or adoption in our night time reading at least every 6-8 weeks. Sometimes it opens a flood gate of questions about his history. Sometimes it is passed over like any other story. Either way - it is a fantastic way of starting the conversation.
Good luck on your journey.
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We have had presented these questions to our caseworker. She gave us a 10 page printout of various books thay may help.... I'm not able to currently locate. What caseworker and therapist had always suggested was that "your Mommy was just not able to care for you properly." They have always told me to keep it short and sweet and stay neutral and age appropriate. I have never come across a book that gives a direct answer on this. Every child is different and every situation is unique and requires the right moment. Mostly, though all Foster and Adoptive parents I know in this area just went with the "your Bio Mom and Dad just couldn't take care of you statement. This is truly a difficult question to answer. You will be in my thoughts! Good luck.