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Black Son Helps White Dad Reflect on Being Minority in Other’s Homeland

April 18, 2018 by Tobin Walsh 1 Comment

The Walsh children dressed in traditional African clothing for their recent trip to Senegal. (Photo: Tobin Walsh Family)

“Dad, did you feel weird in Africa?" The question from my 12-year-old son, Yosef, caught me off guard. My face must have told him so. "You know," he continued, "because you were white?” Maybe it was because I was jet-lagged and tired of chasing my 2-year-old daughter around the gate area during our flight delay. Or, maybe it’s because I rarely think about race even though my son is black and the rest of our family is white. We adopted Yosef nearly 11 years ago from Ethiopia, and our recent trip to visit my wife's relatives in the nation of Senegal would be his first back to Africa … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ethnicity / race Tagged With: adoption, race

Cleveland Dad Collects Backpacks for Foster Care Kids in Need

January 11, 2018 by Kevin McKeever Leave a Comment

Some of the dozens of backpacks and duffle bags Cleveland Dads Group organizer Darren W. Carter motivated friends to donate to a local foster care program. (Contribute photo)

Darren W. Carter received his birthday wish and then some, and so did some children in need. Carter, an organizer with our Cleveland Dads Group, asked friends and followers on Facebook in December to donate a backpack or duffel bag filled with clothes, toiletries or personal supplies to him in lieu of presents last month. His goal: collect 48 bags with gear to donate to a foster care organization to mark his 48th birthday. Here's why: Carter and his wife, Theresa, have been working with the local chapter of the national nonprofit Specialized Alternatives for Families and Youth of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: outreach Tagged With: adoption, Cleveland Dads Group

Somewhere There is a Child In Need of Adoption

November 28, 2017 by Tobin Walsh Leave a Comment

Adoption: Tobin and Aimee Walsh and their son, Yosepf

Editor's note: To mark the conclusion of National Adoption Awareness Month, guest columnist Tobin Walsh writes about his (and every) family's worries about such a life-changing decision. When I thought about adopting a child, my list of reasons about why I couldn’t began like this: Money Family impact Time Energy Work When we entered an adoption process close to 11 year ago, we were also too busy, too broke, too tired, too everything. But, still we did it. Our lives were forever changed. As I sit in my office today, re-reading that list, I quickly realize that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: babies / pregnancy Tagged With: adoption

When My Child Becomes Our Child

October 17, 2016 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

stepfather

Editor’s Note: City Dads Group is proud to occasionally feature writing from members of The Handsome Father, a support community that helps connect, prepare and inspire gay fathers. In this piece, Patrick Roth writes about letting his new husband into his daughter's life. I was a single parent during my daughter’s preschool years. It was a period of transition for us. We moved from the West Coast to the Midwest, contracted to build our first house and learned to live with the new dynamic of single dad and his little girl. I can remember tucking her in, reading bedtime stories and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: relationships Tagged With: adoption, divorce, LGBTQ parents, marriage, single dads, The Handsome Father

Parental Lessons on Race, Culture from a Foreign Land

February 29, 2016 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

hong-kong-boat

It starts with the term gweilo, a frequently used Cantonese slang word for foreigners -- most commonly, white people. Its literal translation is “Ghost Man” or “Foreign Devil.”

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Editor’s note: Former NYC Dads Group member Marty Forth and his family left Manhattan for Hong Kong in early 2015. He wrote this about his experience with the unique cultural differences he faces in raising a child of mixed race in a foreign country for our NYC blog last year. We knew our move to Hong Kong would not mean everything would be magic dragon dances and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ethnicity / race, travel Tagged With: adoption, diversity

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