Transracial Parenting
Resources and information for parents of children adopted across racial lines.
Buying Ideas for Multicultural & Multiracial Families
Gift and product suggestions for multicultural and multiracial adoptive and foster families.... [more]
Caring for Your African American or Biracial Child's Hair
Hair care expert Mahisha Dellinger offers advice and tips to help you give your African-American or biracial child the best possible hair care.... [more]
Not Just Like Me
Adoption planning often seeks to match children closely with their adoptive families, but some families seek and value differences. Look at how this family includes diversity as a part of its normal life.... [more]
Personal Stories
Personal stories from adoptive parents and transracially adopted adoptees reflect a variety of experience.... [more]
Summertime Hair Care Tips
Beat the summer hair blues with these tips from Mahisha Dellinger, creator of hair care products for biracial and multiracial women and girls. Great advice to help you care for your African-American or biracial child's hair in the summer.... [more]
Answering Awkward QuestionsA guide to answering these questions in ways that reinforce your child's sense of belonging.
African-American and Korean-American adult transracial adoptees answer your questions relating to raising children of a different race and/or ethnicity.
Attacking Racism Before It Defeats Your Child
Clinical Social Worker Jim Mahoney's Workshop presentation at "Adoption 95: Change and Challenge."
Building the Ethnic Connection
Adoptive mother Chris Winton writes of the importance of building bridges to your child's ethnic community. From Roots & Wings Magazine.
Family Unity
Tips on establishing a strong family unit while promoting the adoptee's own sense of racial or cultural identity, from the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse.
For Whites Who Adopt Black Children
Author Judith Ashton shares a list of must-do's to build identity and family unity.
Interracial Families
A look at families working to preserve racial and cultural identity while building solid relationships.
Racial Identity in Transracially Adopted Young Adults
Transracially adopted educator, John Raible, urges adoptive families to encourage the development of racial identity.
Racism
From PACT, a selection of articles dealing with racial identity, racism, family "fit", and school issues.
Transracial/Transcultural Adoptive Families
An excellent selection of articles for and by parents, adoption professionals, and adoptees, compiled by the New York State Citizens' Coalition for Children, Inc.
When My Family Looks Nothing Like Me
Both sides of transracial adoption are explored in this article by Yayoi Lena Winfrey, a Japanese-African-American writer, contributing to the Asian-American Village at iMinorities.
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