Conversation Tools Archives - Transracial Journeys https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/category/transracial-adoption-conversation-tools/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:59:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-Logo-Flare520x520-32x32.jpg Conversation Tools Archives - Transracial Journeys https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/category/transracial-adoption-conversation-tools/ 32 32 Preparation: Transracial Adoption: Be Ready! https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/transracial-adoption-be-ready/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 22:49:34 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=2733 Being Prepared as a Transracial Family Have you had strangers ask inappropriate questions of you and your family? “Is she/he/them yours?” “Where are they from?”  “Your child is SO lucky”. These invasive questions are part of being a family that does not match and where differences of race are obvious to the world around you. It is important to be prepared for these intrusions. March Pro-Tip to Foster Conversations About Transracial Adoptions At Transracial Journeys we send our families conversation read more

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]]> February. Transforming: Bring a Higher Love https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/february-transforming-bring-a-higher-love/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:37:43 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=4386 At the intersection of St. Valentine’s Day and Black History Month, this short month brings so many foundational elements of identity, relationships, and differences for families to explore. Love is a vital ingredient for all families but adoption and difference of race make it imperative the love moves beyond the transactional and into the transformational. February Pro-Tip to Foster Conversations About Transracial Adoptions Transracial Journeys invites your family to experience the calendar in a whole new way. With the help read more

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]]> January Embracing: Live with Authenticity, Purpose and Joy https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/january-relationships-honoring-the-whole-family/ Wed, 01 Jan 2025 23:57:28 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=2601 January is a time when folks traditionally take stock of where they are and may even make some resolutions for a new diet, more time exercising, or commitments to spending quality time with family and friends. For families that extend through transracial adoption, January can offer a time to think about the year ahead and together as a family, continue the expansive journey of authentically navigating family and differences together with purpose and joy. Related article for parents' reflection: January: Honoring read more

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]]> December – Reflections: Evolving Traditions  https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/december-reflections-making-and-breaking-traditions/ Sun, 01 Dec 2024 22:39:10 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=2585 The December holidays give us an opportunity to think about traditions tied to different cultures and religions. Regardless of what you and your family honor and celebrate, we can be inspired to take a closer look at what traditions mean to us and how we can expand our thinking and actions. Read this month's reflection and link to book gift giving guide as well as previous December posts from over the years to help guide you and your family through read more

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]]> November Nourishment: Sustaining Strong and Healthy Families https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/november-nourishment-transracial-adoption/ Thu, 07 Nov 2024 02:02:03 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=3256 Thanksgiving can be one of the more complicated historical holidays, and for many in the United States, one of the more family and food-centric holidays. Whether you are a family that chooses not to mark Thanksgiving in a traditional way, or your family goes all out with a big Thanksgiving celebration, this month we are thinking about the family table and what might be true when there are differences of race and culture with transracial adoption. November also brings National read more

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]]> Revealing: What’s Under The Mask https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/revealing-whats-under-the-mask/ Fri, 04 Oct 2024 21:16:19 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=4914 Whether you participate in Halloween or not, October 31st has many children and the young at heart dressing up in costumes and wearing masks. Today, the pandemic has given many of us cause to wear masks to protect ourselves from the COVID-19. But what is behind the masks you don’t see? What do they reveal? Read how masks and mental health can have unique significance in our community in our article "Masks, Masking, and Mental Health." Fostering Conversations About Transracial read more

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]]> September: Navigating Life with Clarity and Confidence https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/september-navigating-life-with-clarity-and-confidence/ Sun, 01 Sep 2024 18:16:25 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=4890 In September we focus on navigating to move through life with clarity and confidence as it can relate to our family's relationship to the calendar.  As we make our way through the year there are so many ways we can use the calendar to lean into conversations about the uniqueness of our families. Being thoughtful about how our families have to navigate the world differently and talking openly about what we might face can help ease the impact.  The calendar read more

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]]> August – Growing: Always Learning https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/august-growing-always-learning/ Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:05:03 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=4860 Back to school is a time of transition for children and families. It’s a time to be thoughtful about what children need when they go into schools every day. A great way to prepare children from families that don’t match is by having intentional conversations about differences of race and ethnicity as well as family structure and culture. Read "Back-to-School," this month's reflection by K. Bean, for more on intentional conversations about adoption and race during this time of year.

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]]> July – Expanding: Exploring Our Unique Identities https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/july-expanding-exploring-our-unique-identities/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 16:23:58 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=4640 As we all learn more about our history and what freedom really means, July 4th gives us much to contemplate. Who is really free and when? Freedom related to adoption and exploring the truth of who we are as individuals and families is foundational and important. July Pro-Tip to Foster Conversations About Transracial Adoptions At Transracial Journeys we send our families conversation cues each month, from our Transracial Journeys card deck. The card deck contains three cards for each month, read more

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]]> June Father’s Day: Family Titles, Roles, and Relationships https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/june-fathers-day-family-titles/ Mon, 03 Jun 2024 18:36:32 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=4633 Officially celebrating Father’s Day came a bit later than Mother’s Day and there are many of the same things to think about and reflect on as we come to this day that is all about acknowledging the fathers and father figures in our lives. In adoption father’s of origin or birth/first fathers are often thought of after mothers. Sometimes there can be even less information about fathers and it can be harder to open up a conversation about the role read more

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