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[quote=Anonymous]I think that reading about the experiences of adult adoptees in interesting, but they may not be really similar to the experiences of young children being adopted in 2015.  I think the stigma of being an adoptive family, interracial or not, has decreased in the last decades.  Ideas about what a family should look like have broadened.  And ideas about how to raise any child who is adopted have changed a lot in the past 30 or so years.  Parents are given more guidance on honoring who the child is, including being respectful of the birthparent and the child's culture.  There isn't this idea that you can just throw a child into a family of a different race and pretend that difference doesn't exist.  Time will tell, but I tend to think the experiences of young children being adopted right now will be better than those of adoptees who are now in adulthood.  At any rate, I think it shows great care for your possible future child or children that you are researching this question. I've liked Cheri Register's books on the subject, especially the one called "Are Those Kids Yours?"[/quote]

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