Folks who are of a different race than their children have some interesting parenting issues.  And adoptive parents who have kids of different race have additional things to consider.

Dr. John Raible recently put a post on his blog called  A Crash Course in Transracial Adoptive Parenting.   He knows of what he speaks – and this post is essentially a primer for people like me.   It’s a comprehensive syllabus, really – including a reading list and assignments – and (IMHO) includes stuff that every parent of a transracially adopted child should know.  I know I’m looking to get educated, and this is a great opportunity.

In response, a group of adoptive parents then started a new blog where they could – together – work their way through the Crash Course, and have a place to discuss it – the blog is called Transracial Adoptive Parenting.

If you have any interest in this topic, check out the Crash Course, and if you want to join the discussion, please sign up over at TAP!   The more people participating, the better, as far as I’m concerned.  I’m going to be a pretty low-level participant – don’t have much capacity to do a lot of the reading right away – but I’ll be following along.

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