Bibliograph

Inside transracial adoption, strength-based, culture-sensitizing parenting strategies for inter-country or domestic adoptive families that don't "match", Beth Hall and Gail Steinberg

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Inside transracial adoption, strength-based, culture-sensitizing parenting strategies for inter-country or domestic adoptive families that don't "match", Beth Hall and Gail Steinberg

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Inside transracial adoption

Responsibility statement

Beth Hall and Gail Steinberg

Sub title

strength-based, culture-sensitizing parenting strategies for inter-country or domestic adoptive families that don't "match"

Summary

An accessible, authoritative guide to navigating the challenges and issues that parents often face with the adoption of a child from a different race and culture. Filled with real-life examples, the book explores the differences between raising a transracial child in a multicultural community and in a predominantly white community, assesses the advantages and challenges, and lays out strategies to deal with them. Various tips and pointers are given on helping their transracial child build their sense of identity so that they feel at home in their new family while managing to keep the connection with their culture of origin. It incorporates new material on the rising trend of people of color adopting children of other races and addresses the phenomenon of multiculturalism, not just in societies, but within families

Table Of Contents

Pt. 1. Unpacking the challenges of transracial adoption. Our perspective on transracial adoption -- Pt. 2. Racial identity. Racial identity development -- Confronting racism and our own white privilege -- Breaking the racial sound barrier -- Seeking diversity -- Handling outsiders' questions and comments -- Pt. 3. Family matters. Strengthening family identity -- Transracial parenting strategies -- Birth family -- Extended family -- Siblings in/by adoption -- Religious choices and beliefs -- Pt. 4. Through development's lens. Infants -- Preschoolers -- School-agers -- Tweens and teens -- Our children are our children forever, even as adults -- Pt. 5. Specifics in focus. Building a foundation -- Building hope and pride -- Cultural specifics -- Adoption specifics -- Pt. 6. Parting thoughts. Embracing our strengths

Target audience

adult

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