Comments on: White children in African American adoptive families

By: Julia Fuller

Julia Fuller — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:54:58 +0000

One of the adoptions on our adoption day celebration here in Michigan that we participated in was a black family adopting a light blond haired blue eyed little girl who may be 8 but looks about 4. I had previously provided respite for this child and her 14 yo brother. they have been in this family for about 5 years. After doing respite for her, I don’t think I would have adopted her, she is very lucky to have a family that loves her and wants to make her part of their forever family.

By: d:)

d:) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:12:33 +0000

I’m another huge supporter of transracial adoption in all it’s colors. A family is a family. And love for a child is what should always, always come first.

By: John

John — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:49:32 +0000

My 20 yo lived with a really fantastic foster mom for about six years. During that period, she adopted one of her foster kids, a three year old white boy. The foster mother is black, this is in MA, I am not aware of any extra hoops that she had to leap through, and I don’t think it was a big attention getter in the adoption field. She is a really great parent, and I think her son is very lucky to have such a great Mom. John

By: realmom

realmom — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:35:39 +0000

Thanks for this post. I myself am bi-racial and am the adoptive parent of caucasian and asian daughters. It is very difficult for people to grasp that the blond little girl is my daughter. (No I am NOT the nanny.)

-Rachel in PA

By: Chromesthesia

Chromesthesia — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:32:07 +0000

I agree. The system seems to have the wrong priorities like too much of the world.