In this week’s Unraveling Adoption podcast, Beth talks with Amanda Baum, co-founder of Fireside Adoptees Facebook Group. They recently launched a sister site called Fireside Adoptees Constellation which is open to anyone touched by adoption.  Now living in North Carolina, she is an intercountry adoptee originally from Mexico but adopted into Utah. Amanda will be talking about how being a transracial adoptee has affected her life. And she will talk about ways she gets and gives support in the adoption community.

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RESOURCES:

Amanda’s information:

• Fireside Adoptees Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1411791922534076

• Fireside Adoptees Constellation Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/616673970200012

• Email Amanda at: [email protected]

 

Other Resources:

• APtitude Support Group for Adoptive Parents Facing Adoption’s Challenges: UnravelingAdoption.com/APtitude

• Other Parents Like Me -  https://www.facebook.com/other.parents.like.me

• Heather Ross - Life Coaching for Parents of Addicted Teens: https://heatherrosscoaching.com/

• Find a Tele-Therapist: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/online-counseling

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Music written and performed by Joseph Nakao

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TIME STAMPS:

  1:33 Amanda’s childhood and adoption story as a Mexican intercountry transracial adoptee

  4:38 Culture shock of moving to a bigger, more diverse school

  6:48 The difficulties of growing up as a transracially adopted child

  9:57 Creating a blended transracial family

12:33 Amanda’s unfruitful search (so far) and the start of her activity in the adoption community

14:23 Microaggressions and bullying makes her feel “found out,” navigating race as a transracial adoptee

19:57 Connecting with other Mexican and Latin American adoptees

21:12 How and why Amanda started Fireside Adoptees

27:00 Why she named it Fireside Adoptees and what resources the groups offer

29:04 Let’s get curious!