Parenting in transracial adoption : real questions and real answers / Jane Hoyt-Oliver, Hope Haslam Straughan, Jayne E. Schooler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoyt-Oliver, Jane, author.

Straughan, Hope Haslam, author.

Schooler, Jayne E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interracial adoption.

Parenting.

Physical Description:

xix, 171 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, An imprint ofABC-CLIO, LLC [2016]

Summary:

Anchored in a qualitative study of parents who have adopted children identified as being of a different race, this book draws from the real-life experiences of those parents to raise and respond to questions that arise before, during, and after transracial adoption. Its goal: to help adoptive parents (and child welfare professionals) understand the underlying racial challenges in a transracial adoption so they can help their children cope.--Jacket flap.

Contents:

In her voice : Michelle

I never thought about race growing up

Dealing with race in the extended family and community

Hair as a metaphor : entering into the culture of your child

In his voice : Kevin

Parenting between cultures : important considerations for parents

Parenting a transracially adopted child with a history of trauma

Adoption communication within the transracial adoptive family

Ini her voice : Angela

Conversations with practitioners : what adoption professionals want parents to consider.

ISBN:

9781440837029

1440837023

OCLC:

900016597