An article about how adoptive parents should navigate discussion about an adoptee’s birth family. The author suggests that adoptive parents must be open and transparent when discussing these topics.
A brief article offering suggestions to prospective adoptive parents and current adoptive parents for maintaining transparency in adoption. It discusses birth families, the search and reunion process, and maintaining openness.
An article by American Adoptions that examines some of the challenges that many transracial adoptees face.
An interview about a white mother’s reflection on her life raising two adopted Black children and two biological white children, and how she became aware of her own white privilege. There’s also a transcription of the interview available.
A brief article about the need for adoptive parents to educate their children adopted from China about racism, identity, and the reality of life in America.
An article on how to actively challenge racism and discuss privilege, especially in the context of a multiracial family.
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.
