Raising a Black Teen in a Mostly White Community | Transracial Adoption: Kat Parvin
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Rachel Fulginiti interviews Kat Parvin about the complexities of transracial adoption and parenting a Black teenager in a predominantly white community.
What happens when a white foster-to-adopt family adopts a Black teenager in a small rural community with very little diversity? In this deeply honest and thought-provoking episode of From Foster to Forever, Rachel talks with foster and adoptive mom Kat Parvin about transracial adoption through foster care, parenting adopted teens, navigating racism in schools, and the realities of raising a Black daughter in a predominantly white town. Kat shares how her family’s foster care journey quickly turned into adoption after welcoming a 13-year-old girl into their home. But alongside the joy of becoming a forever family came difficult questions about racial identity, white privilege, trauma-informed parenting, and how white adoptive parents can better support Black children growing up in white spaces. The conversation explores the emotional complexity of foster adoption, the guilt many adoptive parents feel, and the importance of listening to adoptee voices and continuing to learn — even when it’s uncomfortable. Rachel and Kat also discuss: foster care disruption adopting older children and teens bullying and racism in schools trauma and emotional regulation parenting children from hard…
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