An article about the different ways adoptive parents can and need to support their children. This specifically discusses the issues, privileges, and challenges of adopting a child of a different race.
An article with parenting techniques designed to support and uplift transracially adopted children. It also has a bibliography which features additional useful resources.
An article about a Black father and his family’s experience with raising a white child and transracial adoption.
A resource page with links to transracial adoption blogs, websites, books, Facebook groups, and more.
A resource page from the Child Welfare Information Gateway with links to information about racially and culturally diverse adoptions.
A factsheet from the Children’s Bureau that explains how to support a child’s racial and cultural identity, embrace life as a racially and culturally diverse family, and prepare a child to handle racism.
A 2-hour virtual workshop led by a transracial adoptee (Angela Tucker). Families leave understanding how transracial adoptees progress from racial awareness to racial identity, as well as practical skills for how to handle insensitive and racist remarks.
This is a resource page which features articles that discuss the racism and microaggressions that accompany transracial adoption.
This article examines the problems of color-blind parenting and how parents need to acknowledge and celebrate racial diversity. There’s also a 40-minute long audio version of the article.
A podcast episode featuring a queer, transracial adoptee from Vietnam. Christopher reflects on his identity and growing up in a white family and predominantly white community.
