Parenting in Transracial Adoption: Real Questions and Real Answers: Real Questions and Real Answers

An essential resource for transracially adoptive parents and the professionals who serve them, this book offers practical strategies for helping a transracially adopted child through the challenges he or she may face.

• Includes advice and questions for discussion and thought by parents considering transracial adoption; for parents already on the journey with older children, the authors examine racial identity development

• Offers concrete strategies for parents parenting a child from a different race

• Provides practical steps related to managing influences and opinions from within the extended family and the community

• Suggests ways parents can learn from members of their child's racial community—and how to manage challenges that arise in transracial adoption situations

• Shares the stories of three adults who were transracial adoptees as well as vignettes from (and interviews with) dozens of parents who were involved in transracial adoptions