I remember in my foster care training course we watched a short video about trans-racial adoption. 

I remember in my foster care training course we watched a short video about trans-racial adoption.  An African American teen was being interviewed about what it was like growing up with Caucasian parents.  Well, as soon as the video ended and the lights went on, one of my fellow students (Caucasian) raised her hand and said, “A child is a child, you love them no matter what, and love is color blind!”  This, of course, started off a lively discussion in which pretty much every person in the class brave enough to speak up at all loudly professed the same sentiments.Now, I have an older biological son who is Asian and Caucasian.  He has dark hair and eyes, and a beautiful complexion which he proudly refers to as ‘beige.’  He looks more like his dad than he does like me.  So I knew a little bit about this particular discussion.  For example, I know that love can be blind, but love shouldn’t be colorblind.Not talking about color, culture, or race at home may be done with the best of intentions, but it’s really not the best thing to do.  If a child doesn’t hear and become comfortable with the subject in the safety of their home among their loving family, what will happen when they go out in the world and are confronted by strangers with it?  I’m not necessarily talking about stumbling upon a skin head rally so much as other kids at school talking about the subject, or reading about issues such as the Civil Rights movement in history class.  A subject can become taboo if it’s never spoken of, so if you ignore it at home you run the risk of it being awkward for your child in the real world.Read the whole essay on love, parenting, and interracial adoption: “Love Doesn’t Make You Color Blind” at BlogHer -- source link

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