Synthesizing a Special Issue on Parenting Adolescents in an Increasingly Diverse World
Journal of Research on Adolescence
Published online on August 18, 2018
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Our goal is to identify integrative themes in this special issue on “Parenting Adolescents in an Increasingly Diverse World”. Specifically, we identify themes that may generalize largely from studies of marginalized families to guide American families more broadly as youth navigate an increasingly diverse world. We describe three broad diversity socialization goals that may foster greater intercultural maturity in youth. These include helping youth find their place and value in a multicultural world, increase the value that they place on others and decrease their fears of difference, and prepare to respond to biased or perceived rejection. And we offer five directions for future research to help build a path forward in this important area of study.
- Journal of Research on Adolescence, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 665-673, September
2018.