parenting your transracially adopted child Archives - Transracial Journeys https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/tag/parenting-your-transracially-adopted-child/ Thu, 06 Mar 2025 22:14:43 +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 parenting your transracially adopted child Archives - Transracial Journeys https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/tag/parenting-your-transracially-adopted-child/ 32 32 Book Corner – March 2025 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/book-corner-march-2025/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 01:29:59 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=5181 Blended by Sharon Draper Grades 4-7 Told from the perspective of an 11 year old, whose parents are divorced, Izzy / Isabella relays her experiences being shuttled between both parents’ homes (she can’t call either house her home). Her mother is white and her father is Black and not much is ever said to her about being two different races until a racist event (targeted at her close friend) happens at school. Suddenly, Izzy is forced to “check the box” read more

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]]> Preparing: Adoption Microaggressions… Lucky Me?  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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]]> Book Corner – February 2025 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/book-corner-february-2025/ Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:37:35 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=5165 All Ways Black Cree Myles, Curator of All Ways Black Instead of one book and author this month, we’re sharing a robust resource from Penguin Random House.  All Ways Black is a year-round celebration of Black authors and stories, a place to honor the depth and breadth of experiences around what it means to be Black. This is a community dedicated to Black literature – reading, sharing, living, and loving it. All Ways Black aims to help you discover incredible read more

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]]> 2025 Family Camp Theme Announcement: https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/2025-family-camp-theme-announcement/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:04:48 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=5172 A Message from the TRJ Board of Directors and Executive Director At the intersection of Black History Month and a month when we celebrate love, we are reminded of the power of community, resilience, and the bonds that sustain us on our journeys. This year, those values feel more urgent than ever and why we are thrilled to announce our 2025 camp theme: Together on the Journey: Community, Empowerment, & Joy.  These words embody the heart of our mission—bringing transracially 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: Honoring Family Connections Through the Calendar https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/january-honoring-family-connections-through-the-calendar/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:08:47 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=5125 By April Dinwoodie I couldn’t sleep. Something was nagging at me. Yes, there were work deadlines looming and the mundane tasks of life left undone. But this was different—a heavier weight, a quiet ache pressing on my spirit that I couldn't quite name. I lay awake, restless, cataloging every possible reason for my sadness. No upcoming anniversaries or events came to mind, nothing obvious to explain this depth of melancholy. Eventually, exhausted, I drifted off in the early hours, only read more

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]]> Book Corner – January 2025 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/book-corner-january-2025/ Thu, 09 Jan 2025 23:13:39 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=5113 Somewhere Sisters: a Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family by Erika Hayasaki Ages: Adult Vietnamese twins Loan and Ha were separated when they were babies.  Ha was raised by her aunt in a loving home in rural Vietnam.  Loan was adopted, renamed Isabella, and grew up in a loving home in a Chicago suburb.  Isabella’s American family weren’t told their daughter was a twin, and when they found out, Isabella’s mom started to search for Ha.  After 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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]]> Kimble Bells: A Celebration of Generosity https://www.transracialjourneys.org/blog/kimble-bells-a-celebration-of-generosity/ Sat, 14 Dec 2024 18:36:15 +0000 https://www.transracialjourneys.org/?p=5100 A big thank you to Board Chair Kurt Harvey for his passion and persistence in securing TRJ as the 2025  Kimble Bells Charity and Networking Event honoree. Held in Detroit, the event brought together local business leaders for a night of connection and giving. Thanks to the incredible generosity of attendees and a donation match from Freshbank Partners (co-founded by Kurt and his business partner Therese), an astonishing $19,722  was raised.  End-of-Year Giving: Help Us Continue the Journey As we 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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