UBC Press Inside Transracial Adoption, Second Edition book Paperback 300 pages

Is transracial adoption best for kids? How can children gain their newfamilies without losing their birth heritage? How can parents offersupport after placement? Transracial adoption is a lifelong journey,complex and challenging. But it can work well for kids and familieswhen parents are prepared to form new ideas and look at it from adifferent perspective.Inside Transracial Adoption is anaccessible, authoritative guide to navigating the challenges and issuesthat parents often face with the adoption of a child from a differentrace and culture. Filled with real-life examples, the book explores thedifferences between raising a transracial child in a multiculturalcommunity and in a predominantly white community, assesses theadvantages and challenges, and lays out strategies to deal with them.Various tips and pointers are given on helping their transracial childbuild their sense of identity so that they feel at home in their newfamily while managing to keep the connection with their culture oforigin. It incorporates new material on the rising trend ofpeople of color adopting children of other races and addresses thephenomenon of multiculturalism not just in societies but withinfamilies.

Beth Hall is the adoptive mom of Sofia Hall Gallagherwho is Latina, and James Hall Gallagher who is African American. Shegrew up a member of an adoptive family and lives in Oakland,California, with her husband and children. GailSteinberg is the adoptive mom of four grown daughters andsons: Shira Beth Gale is Korean and America Indian, Liza Anya Triggs isAfrican American, Jeremy Ben Steinberg is African American and white,and Seth Ari Steinberg is white. She lives in San Anselmo, California,with her husband. Gail and Beth are founders and co-directors of Pact,An Adoption Alliance – an organization dedicated to providingadoption services to children of color.