Breaking out of racial boundaries to create a new vision of the world and its past.
Bringing Culture to the Classroom
A little culture can go a long way in explaining adoption.
“A Table Laden with Meaning”
While a meal might seem trivial at one level, it may also be filled with lessons about identity, culture, and family.
Adoptees Speak Out About Adoption, Birth Parents, Race, and More
Adolescent adoptees offer first-person wisdom to fellow adoptees.
Age-by-Age Ways to Celebrate Birth Culture
An age-by-age guide to cultural activities that help our children take pride in their identity.
“A Homeland Trip with My Teens”
I planned our homeland trip, hoping to see my children’s birthplaces. Surprisingly, those proved elusive, but we found meaning at every turn.
Building Identity: “Who Can I Be?”
From workshops and playshops to heritage travel and adoptee camps — there are tons of way to teach your kid about their culture!
Is Your Family Ready for a Homeland Journey?
Heritage trips help children discover their past-and inspire who they’ll become. Help your child prepare for the journey with these expert-tested tips.
Raising a Bilingual Child
Here’s a practical guide to help your child connect to his language heritage.
Imagining Another Life
As adolescents become capable of abstract thinking, they begin to wonder about the family and the country left behind — and the road not taken.
“Support by the Book Club”
A book club to read about our children’s birth cultures became a support group, a forum to discuss the similar parenting issues we were facing.
Balancing Cultural Activities in the Family Routine
If your child seems more interested in soccer than culture camp, don’t panic.
Finding Strength in Your Family’s Faith
If you identify with a religion, it can be another source of support and belonging for your child.
“A Last-Minute Birth Mother Reunion”
Heritage trips help children discover their past — and influence who they become. Here, one family describes their journey back to their child’s birth country of Korea.
Share Your Story: Evolving Holiday Traditions
We asked our reader panel: Did you adapt your family’s existing holiday traditions after adopting your child? If so, tell us how.
“Embracing Differences”
Why should I try to make my son feel ‘the same’? Why shouldn’t I learn to be more like him?
“Right At Home”
Heritage trips help children discover their past — and influence who they become. Here, one adoptee describes his journey back to his birth country of Colombia.
“First Paperwork, Then Spring Rolls”
Food has always drawn my family together. While I wait for my daughter, I’ll begin reaching out to her in the best way I know — through cooking.
Imaginary Birth Parents
Your child may never have met his first mom and dad. But that doesn’t mean he’s not spinning stories about them.
Routines That Last
Preschoolers crave repetition, so give yours thoughtful traditions to love again and again.