For transracial and international adoptees especially, there can be a wide range of meanings and reactions tied to learning about, experiencing, and being immersed in content and processes associated with cultures of origin, including Lunar New Year. The following suggestions are meant to support adoptive parents and adoptees holistically alongside your family’s unique backgrounds, needs, access to resources, and multi-layered relationships to the lived experience of relinquishment, foster care, and adoption.

Written by Cam Lee Small of Redeemed Therapy and Transracial Adoptee.