Love is a Start:
The Real Challenges of Raising Children with Emotional Disorders



Is one parent's honest and riveting story of the struggles and successes of raising two adopted children who suffered from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Author Donna Shifts tells of her struggles to raise two brothers from preschool to preadolescence despite the neurological and emotional damage they had suffered earlier in their lives. An occupational therapist, Shifts used her knowledge and experience in a therapeutic field to begin working with her adopted sons, always providing a loving commitment to their healthy development. She described her parenting method as a "fine line between being a tough-love parent and a supportive ally"

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