Before our adoption, I thought I already knew how to successfully create a biracial family through adoption.  My heart was in the "right place."  I was perplexed at the vast amount of adoption training our agency required.  For example: How many close friends do you have that are of a minority race? How many role models within your child’s culture [...]

This isn’t my story to tell, but I’m the one with a voice, so I’m telling it anyway.
My little sister’s friend had a baby.  The college girl and her boyfriend made an adoption plan for this newborn drop of heaven.  I heard the saga second-hand, and it became a burden I’d wind up bearing for [...]

 
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Chapter 4 – A New Model
Summary

In this chapter the authors present two primary models that have been used for racial reconciliation up through the present, and then present their own model.

Relational or Interpersonal Model:

“Make a friend with someone from another race or ethnicity, and you will bring about social change through friendship, [...]

Our family went to a volleyball game tonight. The little ones came along as they usually do. We are nearing the end of the season and it is becoming more difficult to pack enough entertaining toys and activities to keep the younger ones busy for the duration. Today, the best-of-five volleyball match took all five [...]

During the October support group meeting, we were blessed to have Jessica Hulst from Bethany Christian Services talk about attachment. She went through quite a few topics including the basics of attachment, development milestones and behaviors that indicate healthy attachments, ways to encourage attachment, causes and symptoms of attachment disorders, and when to seek professional [...]

Join us for our October Support Meeting
Speaker:  Jessica Hulst, Adoption Specialist/Supervisor
Attachment and Bonding
Fireside Room of First Reformed Church, Sioux Center — 7:00 pm
We hope to see you there!
 

Sherri