DNA Clarity and Support

Take your time and be patient with yourself: Exploring identity crisis

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Season 2 of DNA Clarity and Support kicks off with an interview of Melissa Guida-Richards! Guida-Richards is a late-discovery transracial adoptee and the author of What White Parents Should Know About Transracial Adoption. Inspired by the discovery at age 19 of her adoption from Columbia into an Italian and Portuguese American family, Melissa has authored articles to help others understand her experience. Her latest book aims to educate and guide White parents who are raising an adopted child with a differing genetic ethnicity. Among the topics host Brianne and the guest discuss is how Melissa developed a sense of being LatinX through food, music, and language; her identification of biological relatives via DNA testing; and the growth and changes that took place in the relationship with each of her parents.

Here's what the author describes you can expect to learn from her book:

  • What parents wish they'd known before they adopted - and what kids wish their adoptive parents had done differently
  • What White privilege, White saviorism, and toxic positivity are...and how they show up, even when you don't mean it
  • How your child might feel and experience the world differently than you
  • All about microaggressions, labeling, and implicit bias
  • How to help your child connect with their cultural heritage through language, food, music, and clothing
  • The five stages of grief for adoptive parents
  • How to start tough conversations, work with defensiveness, and process guilt

    • LISTEN NOW then search for your copy of What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption at one of the following sites!

    https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/675697/what-white-parents-should-know-about-transracial-adoption-by-melissa-guida-richards/

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    DNA Clarity and SupportBy Brianne Kirkpatrick Williams
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