When you connect with your child's learning style, you help him feel more at home.
How to Get Your School on Board
Help get your school ready for your child.
“Journey to Calcutta”
Despite my parents' urging, I had always rejected my Indian identity. At 21, I learned to embrace it.
“My Little Man’s Hair”
Sam's hair is close-cut and precisely edged. Looking at it from any angle, you can see that this child's mother knows how to care for his hair. This has not always been the case.
“A Christening Ceremony”
The moment I felt I became Eva's forever mother and for Eva, adopted from the Ukraine, being my forever daughter.
“Why Tae Kwon Do?”
So far, each step I have taken into my future daughter's world has taught me nearly as much about myself as it has about her culture.
“Being Noticed as a Transracial Family”
For once, the barista at Starbucks didn’t recognize me. He shouldn’t. I’m there only about once a month. The thing is, he remembers me. Well, not me so much as us. This is one of those things that come with being the white mother of a black child. Comments, questions, stares—those I expected. The strange experience of just being visible—not so much. I didn’t realize how invisible I was until I wasn’t anymore.
International Adoption Facts — What You Need to Know
Every year more American families include a child adopted from another part of the world.
“We Always Called You Jason”
Fantasizing about my birth parents, I never dreamed my strongest link to the past would be through a flinty grandmother.
“Our Relationship with Our Child’s Birth Mother”
Getting to know our daughter's birth mother was a tremendous blessing.
“The Refrigerator Picture”
When I dressed up my daughter and took a portrait, was I just showing off my cute kid — or perpetuating stereotypes?
“My Most Pressing Back-to-School Task”
After bringing up race and adoption with my children's teachers at the start of each academic year, I always feel worried and hyper-vigilant. But, invariably, they get it.
Ask AF: On Race and Beauty
Answers to your parenting questions.
“Learning to Care for My Daughters’ Hair”
I felt frustrated, thinking I'd never learn how to cornrow. Now, I show others how to care for tight, curly hair.
“My Adoption (And Bunko) Support Group”
My Bunko buddies were the ones who were there for me when I suddenly got "the call."
Interviewing Potential Birth Mothers
What to ask — and what not to ask — a potential birth mother in your first encounter.
Going Camping
Three camp options offer unique ways to explore your childs roots and emerging identity during the summer months.
“Homeward Bound”
Retracing a journey I had made 23 years earlier inspired unforeseen emotions about my past, and about one child's future.
“Martin Luther King’s Dream Come True?”
When my son was harassed by a classmate for his race, I knew I only had a second to act.