Book Review--Transracial Adoption

Are Those Kids Yours? By: Cheri Register

This book was loaned to us by our Social Worker, Joan. Since we have had some people in our lives that have been less than supportive of our decision, we naturally had some concerns about how to best help our child navigate the questions and racial issues that she will encounter having parents who are obviously not biological.

I liked this book alot, even though none of the families featured in it adopted from China. It really doesnt matter, since the topic at hand applies to most any family that has adopted a child of an obviously different race. Most of the families in the book had adopted from Korea, India, or Latin America. It featured interviews with the parents and sometimes the kids, and featured families who had adopted both infants and older kids.

I expected a book on this topic to be dry reading, but because it had interviews, quotes, and vignettes from actual adoptive families, it was really quite interesting! I also enjoyed learning about the experiences of people who adopted from other countries and what that experience was like.

I should note though, that this book is quite a few years old, so info about the various adoption programs is not necessarily current. The racial/attachment/family issues are timeless though.

It was an interesting, informative, easy read. I liked it.