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Remembering Russia
I purchased this Language Little Anna Doll for my daughters Birthday. It’s a tad pricey for a doll but I really thought it was a great idea. She speaks both Russian & English. Several people asked...
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Cultural Awareness: An Everyday Life Experience
This afternoon, I found myself at a teacher supply store to search for math books for some of my home schooled girls. I had three teenaged kids with me, including Helen who arrived to America from...
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Cultural Awareness: An Everyday Life Experience (part 2)
Continued from part one. A trip through the social studies section of our teacher supply store this afternoon left me with a renewed awareness of cultural differences. Do I expect there to be a...
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Poofy Hair – AA Hair Care for Adoptive Families
“I have poofy hair. It’s hard to comb out. When you go swimming, it’s really hard to comb out.” These are statements that my daughter wished to share today. In this photo, she is third from left,...
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They Shouldn’t Allow Blacks in Here
It was bound to happen. We can all pretend that racism is a thing of the past, yet we know in our hearts that it isn’t. We were told during transracial adoption training that it would happen and that...
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New Report on Adoption and Race Released Today
A report released today by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute suggests that minority children are not best served by what they term a “color-blind approach.” Citing statistics that show over 50%...
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Validating Racial Identity
I’ve mentioned that our homeschooling schedule becomes slightly more relaxed during the summer months. We tend to lots of reading for the various summer reading programs. For one such program, my...
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Excluding Inclusion: Our Shopping Search
Somewhat inspired by the theme of issues related to race as blogged by Mandy W and Robyn C recently, I would like to introduce my story of the search for the newborn Hispanic Cabbage Patch Doll. No,...
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