[jan1763]

Hi Everyone,

We are caucasian with one 3 yr old bio daughter and considering an AA infant adoption. I understand the potential issues around insensitive people and feel we're ready to handle that. But I am concerned because we live in a very "vanilla" area. We don't have any close AA friends and our neighborhood and school doesn't have a good diversity of people from different ethnic backgrounds.

So we'd like to get some feedback from those of you who have diverse families. Do you live in multi-ethnic neighborhoods? How important is it for a child to see others that look like him/her? We feel strongly that this is a wonderful opportunity for us to build our family but I'm trying to keep the child's best interest in mind.

Thanks in advance for any response or open discussion you're willing to have about this.