Parents socialize Multiracial children toward one of several identities they never personally experienced

Evidence

Parents of Multiracial children have multiple identities that they can foster in their children, including the biological mother’s ERI, biological father’s ERI, and a child with a Multiracial identity (Atkin and Yoo, 2019). Because of these differing ethnic-racial backgrounds and experiences, parents may have different attitudes, approaches, and practices to socializing their Multiracial child(ren) (Gonzales-Backen, 2013; Csizmadia et al., 2014). Additionally, parents and caregivers are in a unique position in that they are socializing Multiracial children without themselves having experienced their children’s Multiracial reality (Rockquemore and Laszloffy, 2005; Rollins and Hunter, 2013). Furthermore, when one parent is white, they do not understand the experience of being a person of color and may experience difficulty helping their children make sense of racialized experiences (Rauktis et al., 2016). — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 33

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Physical homeland and language shape how parents classify multiracial children — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 123; Mono-racial parents struggle to socialize children into racial worlds they never inhabited. — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 130; Minority children develop racial attitudes between parental shaping and individual variation — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1996 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Mono-racial parents struggle to socialize children into racial worlds they never inhabited. #expands (0.92) — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 130
• White-partnered multiracials identify with their minority parent unless phenotype mismatches #exemplifies (0.78) — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 120
• Ethnic minority youth actively create identities rather than passively accept ascription #complicates (0.78)
• Minority children develop racial attitudes between parental shaping and individual variation #qualifies (0.75) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1996
• Conflicting familial racial messages create cultural dissonance in Multiracial adolescents. #expands (0.74) — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 114
• Physical homeland and language shape how parents classify multiracial children #complicates (0.72) — Tatiana I. Zamora and Amado M. Padilla, Making sense of conflicting messages of…, 123