Posts Tagged ‘Transracial Adoption’
Inter-racial Adoptions Provide a Few Surprises
When our first baby was bundled up and handed to us, I held her tight and knew our love would protect her from any racial bias or pain. I was living in a delusional dream world. Our love was important and gave her a safe harbor to come home to when the open sea rocked…
Read MoreWhere’s the Handbook? Manual of Directions? Guidelines?
There isn’t one! There aren’t guidelines for learning how to instill pride in a child who has been adopted transracially. When my husband, Mat, and I first looked into adoption, we were laser focused on how to adopt a baby rather than how to parent a child who would create our transracial family. We read…
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