The top 10 things I learned about adoption in 2012
Thursday, Sep 26th, 2013
1. Adoption is different in person
Thursday, Sep 26th, 2013
1. Adoption is different in person
Monday, Aug 5th, 2013
A major new study finds adoption has a profound and enduring impact on the identity of adoptees. Based on input from the experts on the subject - adults who were adopted as children, the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute released a major study on identity formation for adopted persons: Beyond Culture Camp: Promoting Healthy Identity Formation in Adoption (2009).
Monday, Aug 5th, 2013
The best way to deal with stereotypes is to understand them, provide counter-examples, talk about it openly, understand that not everything that may look or sound like a stereotype, actually is one, and to become a social activist.
Monday, Aug 5th, 2013
Before we became a transracial family, we were accustomed to a certain degree of privacy; now, all that’s changed.
Monday, Aug 5th, 2013
“There’s lots of brown people here!” exclaimed a 5-year-old Ethiopian girl upon arrival at E Camp last summer, an Ethopian heritage and culture camp. And as the weekend came to a close and everyone was leaving for home, that same the little girl told me, “I wish I could stay here forever.”
Monday, Aug 5th, 2013
Starting school for the first time, or a new school year, can present challenges for adoptive parents and their children. We have prepared this brief guide to help ready you and your child for the school experience and, to, circumvent some of the problems you may encounter.
Monday, Aug 5th, 2013
Last week I expressed some concern about whether or not my first-grader was old enough to be learning about some of the more violent aspects of the civil rights movement. One of the frustrating outcomes of that conversation is that the teacher (and a few commenters) misinterpreted my concern as being over conversations about race in general, which couldn’t be further from the truth. I am a firm believer that we should be talking to our kids about racial differences from a very young age.
Monday, Aug 5th, 2013
Why did you write the book?
Monday, Aug 5th, 2013
The history of race relations makes transracial adoptions deeply personal, and, at times, very public statements of reconciliation. What do we say to our children, ourselves and others about the nature and significance of racial difference within our families?
Monday, Aug 5th, 2013
In our experience, the best lessons we can offer are those that teach our children to externalize racism and assure them we will always be there for them.