Periagoge
Scenario

When Adoptive Parents Cannot Provide Cultural Connection

My adopted daughter asks about her birth culture but I am a white parent who knows nothing about Korean traditions, and Google searches feel inadequate and appropriative.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Transracial adoption creates unbridgeable gaps between parent capacity and child needs for cultural identity and belonging.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Cultural assimilation vs. preservation?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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