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Originally Posted By Kathy
Our grandaughter is expecting,she is white, the father is deceased and black. We might be interested in an open adoption . We don't know if the adopted parents should be white or black or both or does it matter?We are just in the thinking stage of what to do at this point.
Originally Posted By Darlene
Kathy, if your granddaughter decides to go through an agency they will probably do a "cultural assessment" on the adoptive parents anyways. There are so many black or biracial children out there now, that most agencies offer reduced adoption fees because of the glut. I had a biracial son (raised him for 2 1/2 years_ until his bmom decided to parent, she never terminated her rights), and we live in the country in mostly white america. Who knows how he would have felt down the road, but I didn't raise him "black" or "white", he was my son, and a blessing from God. By the way, his bmom lives in the same area as me, and his bfather is not involved, so she didn't provide him with any more"cultural exposure" than we did, but here he at least had a father and a Christian home.
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Originally Posted By Teresa
After talking to Our daughter in law, regarding her daughter allowing her chid to be adopted, it sounds if if she is going to keep him or her and try and raise herself.If anything should change I will let you know.
Kathy Mc
Originally Posted By Amber
Either, most important is that they are good people who are willing to commit to teaching the child both sides of her/his culture. If you need any advice e-mail me at amberhazel79@Yahoo.com
Originally Posted By SysanRyan
Hi my name is Susan. I think you should look at both.I know that there are some people who may have a problem with the interracial part,but there are many who don't.Just wanted to give my support.I will keep thinking of you in our prayers. Susie