Transracial Adoption has its good, hard, and complicated moments. Inside Transracial Adoption explores this experience from the view of adoptee and adoptive mother. This podcast will give listeners an inside look at adoption and all it entails.
When I was creating my vision for this workbook, I thought about what I hear from transracial adoptees as an advocate, coach, and mentor. When reviewing the discussions I’ve had, the stories I’ve heard, and the notes I’ve taken, I discovered a theme. The theme revealed to me was transracial adoptees feel ill-equipped and … more »
Transracial adoption is a complex & difficult journey for parents, adopted children, and their siblings. Parents are confused about the specific steps they need to take to help their child grow up in their identity. They’re not sure what conversations to have with their children about race, culture, and adoption. In A Practical Guide to Transracial … more »
Although no one can fully prepare for parenthood—biological or adoptive—cross-race parenting comes with unique challenges. Unfortunately, many white parents enter transracial adoption ill-equipped to deal with the racial realities their children will face. As a white adoptive parent, the best way to support your child is by educating yourself first. And we’re here to help build … more »
Nearly forty years after researchers first sought to determine the effects, if any, on children adopted by families whose racial or ethnic background differed from their own, the debate over transracial adoption continues. In this collection of interviews conducted with black and biracial young adults who were adopted by white parents, the authors present the … more »
The White Fragility for transracial adoption–practical tools for nurturing identity, unlearning white saviorism, and fixing the mistakes you don’t even know you’re making. If you’re the white parent of a transracially or internationally adopted child, you may have been told that if you try your best and work your hardest, good intentions and a whole lot of … more »
Author of YOU SHOULD BE GRATEFUL, Creator of the Adoptee Manifesto, ????Founder of @adopteementorship, Podcast host ????️ Subject of “Closure” documentary. ????