There are many articles in the media about transracial adoption. Often times I read some of these articles and feel that they have somehow fallen short of truly capturing the essence of transracial adoption.

This article, titled “My First Lesson in Motherhood”, from the New York Times, is different. I read this article and thought to myself, “that is what it is all about.”

The article tells the story of a young couple who have suffered through infertility and chosen to adopt to get the baby they so strongly desired. The decided... more

If you have been around Adoptionblogs.com or the Adoption.com Forums today, you may have already read about the awesome even that Build-A-Bear Workshop is holding on May 19. But just in case you have not heard about it, I wanted to make sure I mention it on here.

Build-A-Bear Workshop, that super fun store where kids can choose, "stuff", clean, name, dress and accessorize their very own stuffed animal, is holding "Stuffed with Hugs: Hugs Sweet Hugs" on... more

A reader recently pointed out an article to me from the New York Newsday newspaper titled, "Adoptive Couples Revel in the joys of big families brought together by love-and by will-if not by birth."

The article takes a look at several Long Island, NY couples that have created larger-than-normal families through multiple transracial adoptions.

The article discusses the declining number of biological children in typical households in the United States, as well as the increasing number of transracial adoptions and the impact that the increasing number of transracial... more

Now I am going to write about the fourth article in a series on transracial adoption from the Salt Lake Tribune.

This article is titled, “Race, culture challenging, but not real barrier for adoptive parents’ love”.

I have to say that right off, I liked the title. It sort of sums up the way I feel about transracial adoption…Yes, there are issues. Yes, they can be difficult and challenging and should not be overlooked. But, those issues are not big enough for me to decide not to love that child, not to choose to parent that child or not to build my family this way.

Moving on… I... more

In my last two posts, I have written about two articles courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune on international and transracial adoption. The first article discussed a variety of topics related to international adoption, including the “search for identity” by adopted children, and the second article was written by an adult adoptee from India who shared her feelings on not “belonging” in either the U.S. or in India.

The article I am going to write about today is from the same series, and is titled, ... more

In my last post, I wrote about an article in a recent series by the Salt Lake Tribune on international and transracial adoption. In this post, I am going to discuss another one of these articles.

This article is titled “I realized I was a permanent outsider”, and was written by Salt Lake Tribune reporter Sheena McFarland. It starts off by telling her story… of being adopted from India by a family living in Utah when she was very young, and just recently taking a trip back to India in an attempt to help... more

The Salt Lake Tribune has been running a series of articles on transracial adoption that I have been enjoying, and wanted to share with you.

The first one is titled “Kids Find Homes but Search for Identity”.

This article talks about the increasing number of transracial and international adoptions in the United States every year and provides a lot of information on the number of adoptions happening, where children are being adopted from, average costs and waiting times for different programs, etc. Make sure you scroll all the way to the bottom of the article for the “Tips for Adoptive Parents”,... more

I get so used to looking at my family, and seeing people of all different colors, races and backgrounds together as being "normal", that sometimes it is really hard for me to imagine that there are still places where segregation occurs routinely.

I am not naive and I certainly do know it occurs, but that doesn't make the reminders any less painful. It is sad and it is wrong, and in this day and age, there is no excuse for it other than plain old ignorance and hate.

Four high school students in Georgia recently took a stand against an annual tradition that had been promoting segregation at their high school, and made a change for the good.

Up until this year, the students... more

As the mother of two Asian daughters, I was really excited to hear about the new television series that Nickelodeon is releasing this summer on Nick Jr., titled “Ni Hao, Kai-lan!”

The show will feature a young Chinese girl, Kai-lan, who lives in a sort of fantasy land, along with her animal friends…a koala bear (who wishes he was a panda bear), a pink rhino, a monkey and a tiger. Kai-lan’s grandfather is also an essential character in the show.

The characters and artwork are the creations of Karen Chau, whose father came to the U.S.... more

In my last post, I gave info on 10 great books for parents who are adopting transracially. Today I am going to give you 10 great books for children who were adopted transracially, or children who have siblings who were adopted transracially.

For a long list (99 books!) of children’s book related to adoption, you can visit the children’s adoption books section on Adoptionshop.com.... more