Online Resources: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Resources You Can Find Online for Multiracial, Multiethnic, "Mixed" Families: "Facts for Families - Multiracial Children"

Hey y'all!  Let's look at some of the prominent online resources for mixed folks.  It's important to know what's out there (besides my own lovely blog) for the multiracial/multiethnic community and its issues.

My elaborate research methods involved typing in terms like "multiracial families" in Google.  :P  The website we're examining in this post was at the top of the list.

There'll be more installments in the future with additional resources.  In the mean time, feel free to send any recommendations!

Alright, here we go!

Facts for Families -  Multiracial Children

This online resource is a page from The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry's webite subsection "Facts for Families."

It's geared more towards parents, but discerning teens/young adults (like yourselves) could easily apply some of the parenting suggestions to younger mixed siblings or family members.

Here's some of what "Facts for Families - Multiracial Children" has to offer:

• Statistics and statistical trends involving multiracial families and children in the US

• Research results on development of multiracial children.  These results include topics such as:
• self-esteem
• self-identification trends
• divorce effects on mixed children

• Parenting advice for parents of mixed children.  Again, I found that this section could be easily adapted if you want to help your younger siblings.  Here's some of their advice that I thought was pretty insightful:
• Make a support network in school, extended family and throughout your different communities
• Prompt the whole family to be into multiculturalism (diversity of languages, activities, etc.)

• Links to other Facts for Families about children and parenting

The Facts for Families - Multiracial Children page isn't an extensive resource, but it has some great suggestions for raising mixed  children.  So if you have a younger sibling, or even want to think about how you'd raise any future children of your own, it's a good resource to check.

Here's the link to Facts For Families - Multiracial Children.  Check it out!

What do you think about the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry's page on multiracial children?  Do you have a resource for multiracial and/or multiethnic folks that you think is really nifty?  If so, share with the class!

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