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Advocating

Symposium 2011 Opening Adoption

August 29, 2011

I’m presenting with my friend and colleague Lori Holden of WriteMindOpenHeart and the Open Adoption Examiner on “Tips from the Trenches: Finding Middle Ground in Open Adoptive Parenting” at the Open Adoption Symposium: Realities, Possibilities and Challenges in Richmond VA, September 23-24, 2011.
Registration is $85 for the two-day symposium and includes lunches. Registration is open through [...]

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Triggers: Separation

August 24, 2011

I’m up early again to write a post about triggers, specifically college, one my family is currently affected by. I address triggers as they relate to parenting children who have been adopted in-depth in my new terrific new e-guide, What To Expect From Your Adopted Child.
My oldest is heading off to college today and it [...]

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Now on Sale: What To Expect From Your Adopted Tween

August 1, 2011

Parenting is the most exciting, challenging, rewarding, emotionally taxing, and, hopefully, joyous role you will ever undertake. (I’m sure you have a host of words to describe parenting that I didn’t use…) My new e-guide, What To Expect From Your Adopted Tween, offers a balanced approach to understanding and supporting adolescents who have been adopted [...]

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Transracial Parenting: Race Talk = Mandatory

April 8, 2011

One of the more “popular” classes I teach is on parenting transracially. The class typically begins quietly, but soon becomes rather lively with a lot of great introspection, sharing and interaction. To date, the parents I have worked with have been Caucasian. Their children have been adopted domestically and internationally, and they do not “match” [...]

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Pass It On

February 17, 2011

Many outside the transracial family’s inner and closely related outer circle don’t see a family. They see mismatched adults and children, typically white parents and non-white kids. On top of that, even in today’s efforts to be “politically correct,” many people miss the mark by making insensitive comments or asking intrusive questions, although sometimes well-meaning, [...]

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Romancing the Culture

February 11, 2011

Parents who adopted internationally used to be told that assimilation was best. It was believed that love would be enough and that the child, adopted from another country and often of a different race, would eventually become part of, assimilated into, the majority culture. To focus or mention differences might create extreme discomfort and issues [...]

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