Does Anybody Else Look Like Me? A Parent's Guide to Raising Multiracial Children

Nakazawa, Donna Jackson

ISBN 10: 0738206059 / ISBN 13: 9780738206059

Published by Perseus Publishing, 2003

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Pages [224 including index] clean, unmarked, binding tight, slight lean to spine. Lime green boards, green metallic lettering, clean, minor shelf wear; two small faint spots at top edge. Media Mail and US Priority shipping include free delivery confirmation. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Does Anybody Else Look Like Me? A Parent's Guide to Raising Multiracial Children
• Publisher: Perseus Publishing
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0738206059
• ISBN 13: 9780738206059
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: Not Stated Appears to be 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine-
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Family & Relationships
  • How To
  • Social Science

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Synopsis

"Am I black or white or am I American?" "Why don't my eyes look like yours?" "Why do people always call attention to my 'different' hair?" Helping a child understand his mixed racial background can be daunting, especially when, whether out of honest appreciation or mean-spiritedness, peers and strangers alike perceive his features to be "other."Drawing on psychological research and input from more than fifty multiracial families, Does Anybody Else Look Like Me? addresses the special questions and concerns facing such families, explaining how they can best prepare their multiracial children to make their way confidently in our color-conscious world. From the books and toys to use in play with young children, to simple scripts to help them gracefully react to insensitive comments at school, to advice on guiding older children toward an unflappable sense of self, Does Anybody Else Look Like Me? is the first book to outline for parents how, exactly, to deflect the objectifying and discomforting attention multiracial children are likely to receive. Full of powerful stories and expert counsel, it is sure to become the book that both adoptive and birth parents of different races will look to for understanding as they strive to raise their children in a changing world.

About the Author

Donna Jackson Nakazawa has been a regular contributor to AARP's My Generation , as well as to Working Mother , Modern Maturity , New Woman , and Baby Talk . She is married to a Japanese-American and has two children. She lives in Annapolis, Maryland.