The Best of Adopted Child - Ethnic and Cultural Identity
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The best articles on the topic compiled from Lois Melina's newsletter Adopted Child. Comprised of articles ranging from 1983 through 1996 this issue addresses issues for families who have adopted children of different races either internationally or domestically.
Contents:
- Racial identity develops in preschool years
- Transracial homes foster positive images
- Latino adoptees share ethnicity issues with other Latinos in America
- Transracial adoptees can develop racial identity, coping strategies
- Racial identity of children of mixed heritage still controversial
- Advice for parents of children of mixed racial heritage
- Cultural identity goes beyond ethnic food, dolls
- Racial awareness develops gradually in children
- Black identity serves to protect ego, give purpose, and bridge cultures
- Parents advised of ways to explain abandonment to children
- Understanding China's policies leading to abandonment of girls
- Institutionalized children have problems, show progress after adoption
- Advice given on starting a successful culture camp for adoptees
- Trip to Korea triggers many feelings for adoptees
- "Abandonment" in Korea sometimes a pretense
- Children need help facing negative images of countries of origin
- Adoptees may worry about birth family feel guilty leaving country