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Culturally Specific Parenting Perspectives



While many facets of parenting are seemingly universal—wanting to help a baby grow up into a healthy, happy adult—we have developed myriad ways to approach each aspect of ensuring a child’s physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being, from how a baby should be held to how to instill a sense of responsibility in a teenager. These different approaches are frequently products of differing cultural attitudes about what “right behavior” looks like—or even what a healthy, happy adult looks like! Thoughtfully and compassionately exploring these differing ways of thinking about parenting can shed light on both the problematic and wise aspects of how we approach raising the children in our care.

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How Culture Plays a Role in Raising Multicultural and Multiethnic Children

When I moved to Italy, I didn’t know what to expect. My experience with the culture was very limited. And there were so many things I didn’t pay attention to prior to having children. This video shares some of the cultural challenges I foresee raising my children in Italy.

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Parenting with an Accent: How Immigrants Honor Their Heritage, Navigate Setbacks, and Chart New Paths for Their Children

Merging real stories with research and on-the-ground reporting, an award-winning journalist and immigrant explores multicultural parenting and identity in the US Through her own stories and interviews with other immigrant families, Masha Rumer paints a realistic and compassionate picture of what...

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Parenting Practices around the World are Diverse and Not All about Attachment

Most parents would agree that parenting is extremely complex and challenging. What works for one child, might not work for another—even within the same family.

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Incorporating Birth Culture in Adoptive and Multicultural Families

Becky Morales, adoptive mother of four, shares simple and practical ways that adoptive and multicultural families can incorporate heritage culture into their daily lives.

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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down explores the clash between a small county hospital in California and a refugee family from Laos over the care of Lia Lee, a Hmong child diagnosed with severe epilepsy.

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For Asian Americans, Coming Out in 2019 Can Still Present Unique Challenges

A recent study found that only 19 percent of Asian American and Pacific Islander LGBTQ youth said they could “definitely” be themselves at home.

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Multicultural Parent Panels 2 : Raising Children in a Diverse World

Multicultural Parent Panels help families appreciate the benefits of diversity. Panels explore how to reach out to neighbors of differing backgrounds and how to raise children who value both their own cultures and the cultures of others.

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The Danish Way of Parenting: What the Happiest People in the World Know About Raising Confident, Capable Kids

What makes Denmark the happiest country in the world—and how do Danish parents raise happy, confident, successful kids, year after year? This upbeat and practical book presents six essential principles, which spell out P-A-R-E-N-T: • Play is essential for development and well-being.

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I’m Reconciling My Culture’s Worst Attributes to Raise a Feminist Son

Irina Gonzalez is teaching her son to embrace the beauty and diversity that exists within the Latinx community, not the stereotypes she was exposed to in her own childhood.

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Cross-Culture Parenting: How Parents Around the World Are Solving Universal Parenting Problems

In this video, we look at parenting around the world. Parents all around the world are solving the same universal problems, just in different ways.

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Cross-Cultural Dynamics