Parenting in Transracial Adoption: Real Questions and Real Answers

by Jane Hoyt-Oliver Ph.D.

Other authorsJayne E. Schooler (Author), Hope Haslam Straughan (Author)
Hardcover, 2016

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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

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Publication

Praeger (2016), 171 pages

Language

Original language

English

ISBN

1440837023 / 9781440837029

Physical description

171 p.; 6.14 inches

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