Ethnicity and race are critical in how children and youth experience, negotiate, and navigate development. A robust literature has illustrated that ethnic-racial socialization (ERS) in particular plays an important role in how children develop an understanding of ethnicity and race. The majority of research has typically focused on parents as agents of socialization and ERS during adolescence. In addition, most studies use survey approaches and focus on US-based populations. We highlight conceptual, theoretical, and empirical work that seeks to push forward knowledge about the myriad ways in which individuals, interactions, and settings communicate messages to youth about ethnicity and race. Here we provide a brief overview of the literature on ERS, followed by a set of core commitments that guided our solicitation and selection of articles for this special issue. The articles represent a range of theoretical frameworks and methodologies; cover ERS of children across the developmental spectrum; examine children from multiple ethnic-racial groups; elaborate issues related to intersectionality and co-constructed identities; and consider socialization of ethnicity-race as it occurs across multiple settings, inclusive of families. We conclude with a description of the articles included in this special issue and how they map onto our core commitments.

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透过镜子：儿童和青少年的种族社会化

种族和种族对于儿童和青少年如何体验、协商和驾驭发展至关重要。大量文献表明，种族-种族社会化 (ERS) 在儿童如何发展对种族和种族的理解方面发挥着重要作用。大多数研究通常集中在父母作为青春期社会化和 ERS ​​的代理人。此外，大多数研究使用调查方法并关注美国人群。我们强调概念、理论和实证工作，旨在推动关于个人、互动和环境向青年传达有关种族和种族的信息的无数方式的知识。在这里，我们简要概述了有关 ERS ​​的文献，接下来是一系列核心承诺，这些承诺指导我们为本期特刊征集和选择文章。这些文章代表了一系列理论框架和方法；涵盖整个发育范围内儿童的 ERS；检查来自多个种族的儿童；详细阐述与交叉性和共同构建的身份相关的问题；并考虑种族-种族的社会化，因为它发生在包括家庭在内的多种环境中。最后，我们对本期特刊中包含的文章以及它们如何映射到我们的核心承诺进行了描述。详细阐述与交叉性和共同构建的身份相关的问题；并考虑种族-种族的社会化，因为它发生在包括家庭在内的多种环境中。最后，我们对本期特刊中包含的文章以及它们如何映射到我们的核心承诺进行了描述。详细阐述与交叉性和共同构建的身份相关的问题；并考虑种族-种族的社会化，因为它发生在包括家庭在内的多种环境中。最后，我们对本期特刊中包含的文章以及它们如何映射到我们的核心承诺进行了描述。