Hello everyone
I've been giving this some thought over the last few weeks and was wondering if anyone had any experience or ideas they could share.
In our LA a lot of the children available for are from a dual heritage background but it's an unusual mix that is unlikely to have lots of adoptive parents with the same or similar ethnicity waiting for them ifswim. So similar to mother white british and father iraqi kurd.
Now i know the rules have changed a lot and they would consider a white british couple if they can help the child understand their roots etc.
So my question is how would you go about doing that. Especially as its a culture i/we know nothing about. I've thought about trying to get myths and legends books, history books (child friendly ofc), recipe books (for me) to try and introduce traditional foods into our meals. I'm pretty sure there are no mother baby or other community groups locally i could contact and ask to join in. I can keep looking for them though and contact the immigration support groups and ask for help.
I'm worried tho that all of the above is just forcing something that is not natural and is a bit like 'i love curry we could adopt an indian baby' and i'm missing the point. I really would want our children to understand and be proud of their heritage, whatever it may be and would want to be able to encourage that in a positive uncringworthy way
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
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LocoParentis · 10/11/2012 12:36
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