by pact | Apr 24, 2023 | Adoptive Parenting, Race and Adoption, Transracial Adoption
by Liza Steinberg 1998 Adapted from “A Bill of Rights for Mixed Folks,” by Marilyn Dramé. Every child is entitled to love and full membership in his or her family. Every child is entitled to have his or her heritage and culture embraced and valued. Every child is...
by pact | Mar 11, 2023 | Adoptee Voices/Adoptee Identity, Adoptive Parenting, Race and Adoption, Transracial Adoption
by April Dinwoodie 2018 Growing up as a transracially adopted person in the seventies and eighties, I never imagined it would be harder today than it was then to move through the world as a person of color. While there was a stark lack of diversity in rural Rhode...
by pact | Mar 11, 2023 | Adoptee Voices/Adoptee Identity, Adoptive Parenting, Race and Adoption, Transracial Adoption
by Amanda Baden 2018 Ten things I need from those who love me to feel supported as an adoptee of color: Empathy and humility. As an adoptee of color, a psychologist, an educator, and a parent, I have learned that the most valuable gift you can...
by pact | Feb 7, 2023 | Adoptee Voices/Adoptee Identity, Adoptive Parenting, Trauma-Informed Parenting
by Bryan Post 2020 Along the stress-full journey we shall go In his seminal work, “The Emotional Brain,” neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux explores how traumatic experiences in early childhood, whether remembered or not, can impact adult behavior. “In times of stress,” he...
by pact | Feb 5, 2023 | Preparing to Adopt
Are you considering forming or growing your family by adopting a child? As you set out to learn more about adoption, you will discover that it’s easy to find a chorus of adoptive parents and adoption professionals eager to share their advice. However, at Pact we...
