Intentional Cross-Race Parenting
Although no one can fully prepare for parenthood—biological or adoptive—cross-race parenting comes with unique challenges. Unfortunately, many white parents enter transracial adoption ill-equipped to deal with the racial realities their children will face.
As a white adoptive parent, the best way to support your child is by educating yourself first. And we’re here to help build that bridge for you.
That’s why we created our initial guide, Transracial Adoption: Foundational Principles for Healthy Cross-Race Parenting—to offer a clear and simplified path for white parents who are beginning their transracial adoptive journey or parents who are already transracial adoptive parents.
But we have exciting news! We have redesigned and restructured our TRA guide to be a three courses in the Be the Bridge Academy. Race, Foster Care, and Adoption is a series of three self-paced courses designed for adoptees, former foster youth, first families, adoptive or potential adoptive parents, child welfare professionals, extended family members, community leaders, and anyone seeking to understand how racism and White Supremacy shape child welfare systems and the lives of transracial adoptees and fostered individuals. This series critically examines the systemic impact of laws, policies, and cultural narratives, as well as the lived experiences of BIPOC individuals directly affected by these systems.
