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As a transracial adoptee, reading this was a very interesting experience. Not sure if I can properly articulate my feelings, but appreciate the self-reflection this workbook invites.
A must-read book for any white folks considering transracial adoption (and/or already parenting in a transracial adoption). Certainly not an easy read with many confronting parts but absolutely worthwhile.
I wish that a book like this existed more focused on the Canadian context, and, as an adoptee myself, I'd love to read more about the experience of adoptees adopting. Overall, highly recommend.
I wish that a book like this existed more focused on the Canadian context, and, as an adoptee myself, I'd love to read more about the experience of adoptees adopting. Overall, highly recommend.
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informative
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fast-paced
challenging
informative
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medium-paced
challenging
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medium-paced
This is the book that I wish would be required reading for all pre-adoptive and foster parents considering adopting or fostering transracially. My husband and I worked with 2 different agencies in 2 different states to adopt our children. Neither agency had any requirement for any kind of education on race, culture, or transracial adoption. Thankfully, we found resources on our own and have done the work and learning that needed to be done. Still, I wish I would have had this workbook and its companion book What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption: An Adoptee's Perspective on Its History, Nuances, and Practices. This workbook guides parents and prospective parents through questions and activities on topics of race and racism, birthparent beliefs. trauma, and more.
Thanks to North Atlantic Books and NetGalley for a review copy of this book.
Thanks to North Atlantic Books and NetGalley for a review copy of this book.
challenging
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reflective
medium-paced
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Transracial adoption is not usually discussed thoroughly enough, but in this book, the author is unafraid to go into every uncomfortable topic, including the White savior complex, the expected gratitude for being adopted, the unfairness toward expecting mothers who have yet to decide if to put a child up for adoption, etc. She also provides useful tools, like checklists, to help people work through scenarios that need a lot of attention prior to execution - like questions to ask yourself before looking for birth parents (how would you feel if you had siblings the birth parents decided to keep). This is a sorely needed book for anyone considering or part of a family that has transracially adopted children, as well as for anyone looking for a primer on antiracism.