Adoption blogs often inform, educate and share with readers the challenges and rewards of parenting a diverse family. This is especially true of blogs focusing on transracial adoption issues. These three blogs written by women from British Columbia give the perspectives of being a transracial adoptee, handling special needs and parenting children of a difference race.
Canadian Blog About Transracial Adoption Books
On Black Oasis, Ola Zuri, a transracial adoptee now living in B.C., promotes her books about transracially adopted kids who are working to find their identity. She has also started the True Colours mentoring program in B.C. where adopted kids can find support from other adoptees. Started in 2009, the blog gives Zuri a forum to communicate first-hand with white parents of black and biracial children in the hopes of educating them on what it is like to grow up looking different from others in the community.
Focused on highlighting what is happening with her books and mentoring program, Black Oasis is a helpful resource for transracial adoptive parents. The blog also lists Zuri’s contact information as she is available for public speaking at events.
Blog About Life as a Transracial Adoptive Family From Canada
A Nickel’s Worth of Common Sense is written by Jen who lives in a small Canadian west coast community with her multicultural family of children by birth and adoption, as well as foster children. Started in 2008, her blog gives insight into the day to day experiences of a family for whom racism is a reality. She blogs about the losses she has experienced, the cancer she is learning to cope with and the normal goings of a day, all with eloquence and a dry sense of humour.
Appealing to readers from all walks of adoptive family life, A Nickel’s Worth of Common Sense has many commenting readers. With entries about cooking mishaps, racism in video games and sharing the raw emotion of what it feels like to have an adoption fall through, this blog provides a supportive on-line community of life as an adoptive family.
Transracial Adoption Blog Provides Support for Adoptive Parents
Adoptive mom, Dianne Mortensen, talks about life as a transracial adoptive family and also blogs about handling the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, and Diabetes of her children. The blog entries of Adoption Support Interior Region are a mix of personal accounts of the challenges of being a mom to three and information on adoption topics in general. Some recent posts summarize the findings of a report published by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute and details of adoption events in British Columbia.
Combining two previous blogs, Mortensen describes the sometimes difficult scenarios of her family with humour and fact, giving readers insight into the many layers of adopted children. Her straightforward posts are helpful to any adoptive parent, but especially those who are parenting kids with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Giving readers relevant and realistic information on what it is like to be a transracial adoptive family in Canada, these blogs are helpful resources for families at any stage of adoption. For more resources on transracial adoption read Adopting a Biracial Baby, Pros and Cons of Transracial Adoption, and Ethiopian Adoption Blogs from Canada.
Angela Krueger - As an adoptive parent and PRIDE adoption trainer, Angela uses her insights to help others on their adoption journey.
