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I Became a Mother at 25, and I’m Not Sorry I Didn’t Wait

By Elizabeth Bruenig — 2021

No career comes without risk, but early career precarity and minimal savings certainly raise the stakes of having kids in one’s 20s.

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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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Kevin Truong
2019
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How I’m Raising My Daughter to Be 100 Percent, Unapologetically Indigenous

I want my daughter to see that an Indigenous way of life isn’t an alternative lifestyle but a priority. It is essential, then, that I return to the parenting principles of my ancestors and consciously integrate Indigenous kinship practices into her childhood.

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Andrea Landry
2021
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Families with Diverse Cultural Backgrounds: Videos

In these videos, migrant parents from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds share their experiences of parenting and raising children in Australia.

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Raising Children Network Staff
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A Child Raised by Many Mothers: What We Can Learn about Parenthood from an Indigenous Group in Brazil

The Kraho people believe a child should have more than one mother. It’s so ingrained in the culture that the Kraho children use the word “inxe” for both their biological mother and their mother’s sisters or the women their mother considers as sisters, even if they’re not related by blood.

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Sofia Perpetua
2019
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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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Irina Gonzalez
2021
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How to Talk with Your Kids About Donald Trump

The GOP candidate is creating fear and confusion in children, especially kids of color. Here are three suggestions for talking with kids about race and racism in the media.

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Allison Briscoe-Smith
2016
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The Realities of Raising a Kid of a Different Race

As transracial adoption becomes more common, here’s what every parent should know.

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Karen Valby
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Culturally Specific Parenting Perspectives