What strategies can you encourage parents to use to help protect children of color from negative attitudes and stereotypes, increase their self-worth, and prepare them for racism?

Many of you may have an interest or are already working with children and families in this profession. This often will include providing services to children of color including bicultural children. Parents of children of color must create a safe environment in which their children can grow up despite racism. You learned from your readings this is called creating a buffer zone. Think about some of the challenges these families face and the steps you can take to assist.

Please respond to the following:

What strategies can you encourage parents to use to help protect children of color from negative attitudes and stereotypes, increase their self-worth, and prepare them for racism?
What additional suggestions would you offer to parents with bicultural children and white adopted parents of children of color?
Describe your personal challenges and ways to overcome working with:
Racial/ethnic differences of children and families of color.
Children who report feeling different in their life experiences.
Clients voicing feelings that they experience you as different from them.

Diller ( 2019) Cultural Diversity [ Sixth Edition, Cengage Learning, 2019 ] ISBN;978-1-337-56338-3

HN502-2: Examine the uniqueness of the client based on demographic and cultural dimensions and characteristics.
Please read the following chapters in your text:
• Chapter 6: “Working with Culturally Diverse Parents and Families”
• Chapter 7: “Culturally Sensitive Treatment with Children”
• Chapter 6 discusses the challenges children of color (including bicultural) are faced with and how parents can create a safe environment from a world that may discriminate and even harm them due to their race and ethnicity.
• Chapter 7 explains how social injustice and racism can impact a child in the early stages of child development. You will also read about how different learning styles may influence their academic performance. Finally, you will review approaches you, the Human Services Professional, can use in your cross-cultural work.

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