Kids Need Kinship, Too

recromania — Sun, 30 May 2010 00:35:22 +0000

A new study on identity among adult multiracial adoptees highlights the need for parents to provide diverse experiences to their adopted children of mixed race. In the March issue of Family Process, lead author Gina Miranda Samuels, Ph.D., a transracial adoptee herself, explains:

> Relationships with African Americans are key to identity development. Participants in the study said that, despite being told of their heritage, receiving ethnic dolls and books, or attending cultural festivals, they remained disconnected from that heritage.

> Being involved in a social network of other transracial adoptees offers children a shared experience of race and family.

> Living in diverse communities provides opportunities for the level of cultural immersion that participants felt was lacking in their early childhoods.

For more articles go to adoption-zap.info

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