{"id":31321,"date":"2013-05-27T18:16:19","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T18:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=31321"},"modified":"2013-07-01T01:43:24","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T01:43:24","slug":"the-joys-and-challenges-of-becoming-a-transracial-family-through-adoption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=31321","title":{"rendered":"The Joys and Challenges of Becoming a Transracial Family Through Adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voiceamerica.com\/episode\/68557\/the-joys-and-challenges-of-becoming-a-transracial-family-through-adoption\" target=\"_blank\">The Joys and Challenges of Becoming a Transracial Family Through Adoption<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voiceamerica.com\/show\/2100\/your-adoption-coach\" target=\"_blank\">Your Adoption Coach with Kelly Ellison<\/a><br \/>\n2013-04-20<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kelly Ellison<\/strong>, Host<\/p>\n<p>If you are considering adopting a child of a different culture or race than your family, or you are already a transracial family formed through adoption, don\u2019t miss this show. Our host this week is Amanda Grant, President of USAdopt, and an adoptive mother in a transracial family, who is joined by guest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanyraecoaching.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tiffany Rae Reid<\/a>, expert in a racial identity development and host of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/mixed-race-radio\" target=\"_blank\">Mixed Race Radio<\/a>. Contemplating the adoption of any child takes courage and honesty. The adoption of a child of a different cultural or racial heritage adds another layer of both complexity and celebrations. Learn the realities of transracial adoption, how to prepare your family for the change in its composition, what to do to support the healthy development of your child\u2019s identity and what resources are available to support your child and your family in every aspect of living as a transracial family.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the episode <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voiceamerica.com\/episode\/68557\/the-joys-and-challenges-of-becoming-a-transracial-family-through-adoption\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 Download the episode <a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.voiceamerica.com\/voice\/011189\/ellison042013.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Joys and Challenges of Becoming a Transracial Family Through Adoption Your Adoption Coach with Kelly Ellison 2013-04-20 Kelly Ellison, Host If you are considering adopting a child of a different culture or race than your family, or you are already a transracial family formed through adoption, don\u2019t miss this show. Our host this week [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2850,13743,13,8,20],"tags":[687,14782,10622,7935,14781],"class_list":["post-31321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-interviews","category-liveevents","category-media-archive","category-usa","tag-adoption","tag-kelly-ellison","tag-mixed-race-radio","tag-tiffany-rae-reid","tag-your-adoption-coach-with-kelly-ellison"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}