I bought this book just for the chapter on Race. I'm white and my husband is Philipino and when our 6 year old son brings up race I tend to get a "dear in headlights" look and freeze. Our son identifies himself as white also (to the dismay of my husband) so I was really counting on this chapter to help me help myself find himself with in our multi race family. I was not disapointed. It explained to me why my son was choosing to be white instead of Asian and how to help encourage him to make friendships with Black children, which like a typical white person, I just "dont" talk about African Americans! We had our first talk about race yesterday and it when really well. My son says God made people from dirt so Black people come from really dark dirt, white people from sand, and brown people from regular dirt. (lol) I feel much better talking with my son about race now and feel like I have a "plan" for the teenage years when many Eurasian kids seem to have a race idenity crisis. I wish there where more books on dealing with Race & children considering how interacial families are becoming more and more common.
I was raised to be "color blind" (not a good thing!!) and I never anticipated the "why is Daddy brown?" questions when I met and fell in love with my amazing husband. If you have mix kids, you MUST read that chapter!Get more detail about NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children.
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