By Lori H. Gordon — 2016
How relationships are sabotaged by hidden expectations.
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Sarah-in-Seattle and Sarah-in-Stockholm are both white, middle-class, married, professional women with babies and toddlers at home. But their experiences as working mothers returning to work after giving birth could not have been more different.
As transracial adoption becomes more common, here’s what every parent should know.