How do kids adopted from overseas create their own culture?
Maintaining a connection to their birth culture is an important part of identity development for children adopted from other countries. But...
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Mother Country
Passing down culture is an important part of parenting. But how do you do this when your child’s culture is not your own, and you have only ever experienced it as a tourist? Mother Country l...
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5 episodesComing Home: why adopted kids find returning to their birth country so important
Rahel Davies was adopted from Ethiopia when she was two and has spent most of her life in Australia with her Caucasian parents and siblings,...
What's in a name: Should you keep or change your adopted child's name?
One of the first choices every parent has to make is what to name their child. But when your child already arrives with a name, this decisio...
How do adoptive families answer the question "Where do you come from"?
For Australian families who adopt from other countries, finding ways to pass on the culture of their child’s home country is important. It h...
Introducing Mother Country; a podcast about culturally diverse adoptive families
Passing down culture is an important part of parenting. But how do you do this when your child’s culture is not your own, and you have only...