Acknowledge that differences are normal and celebrate them. For example, a 4-year-old may say, "Mommy, why am I brown and you are pink?"Īnswer these questions honestly but simply. Pre-school children (ages 2-4) may not understand the concept of race, but they are aware of physical differences. We want them to turn to us for help instead of struggling on their own (Smith, et al., 2008). Show children it's OK to talk about race and differences. But by the time I was 10, the questions turned into insults" (Samuels, 2009). And a lot of other kids would ask me questions.
I think they felt that if they ignored my ethnicity, it would kind of go away. As one child said, "My parents never discussed race with me.
Minimizing racial differences won't make them disappear, and acknowledging them won't make your child self-conscious.
Children will have questions about why they look different than you. Here are tips for parenting children facing these challenges (IFAPA, n.d. Racial discrimination, especially learning how to cope with prejudice and racism.The most poorly adjusted are those who struggle to be a member of two different races and never develop a clear affiliation with either (Smith, et al., 2008). These children are often confused at how to identify themselves. It may be obvious the child was not born into the family the child may be the only one of their race at their school or may feel excluded by their peers (de Haymes & Simon, 2003). Still, these children face unique challenges, often struggling with: Critics of transracial placements argue that children do better when placed with families of the same race, but research also tells us that transracial placements do not in themselves cause problems for children (Smith, et al., 2008). Though disproportionality has decreased nationally in recent years, transracial foster care and adoptive placements are still common. The term for this is "disproportionality." but accounted for 24% of the children in foster care (US Census, 2015 ACYF, 2015). For example, in 2014, African American children made up about 15% of U.S. One reason for this is that there are more children of color in foster care than would be expected based solely on their numbers in the general population. The same is true if you are considering adopting a child or youth from foster care. If you're a foster parent, chances are you'll have the opportunity to care for a child whose race or culture is different from yours.
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