Relatively little psychology research has investigated racial-ethnic socialization processes in multiethnic-racial families despite the fact that more than 1 in 7 children born in the United States today have parents from different ethnic-racial backgrounds. The present study seeks to contribute to the extant research by exploring how parents in multiethnic-racial families seek to help their children access and benefit from two (or more) sets of cultural assets. Accordingly, this study considers key themes about cultural socialization that emerged in qualitative interviews with parents in multiethnic-racial families (n = 37). Key themes emerging from these interviews included the importance of both co-parents: (a) putting in the time and effort to learn about each other’s cultures and cultural practices; (b) being reflective about the practices, values, and traditions that were and were not important to them to share with their children; and (c) protecting their children from racial micro-aggressions in a variety of settings by advocating for the recognition, inclusion, and appreciation of their children’s multiple ethnic-racial heritages. There is such a paucity of research on cultural socialization approaches in multiethnic-racial families that these perspectives from parents offer both valuable building blocks for future research efforts as well as practical guidance to the growing number of multiethnic-racial families in the United States and elsewhere.

相对较少的心理学研究调查了多民族家庭中的种族社会化过程，尽管今天在美国出生的孩子中有超过七分之一的父母来自不同的种族背景。本研究旨在通过探索多种族家庭中的父母如何帮助他们的孩子获得两套（或多套）文化资产并从中受益，从而为现有研究做出贡献。因此，本研究考虑了在对多民族种族家庭的父母进行定性访谈时出现的关于文化社会化的关键主题（n = 37). 这些访谈中出现的关键主题包括共同父母双方的重要性：(a) 投入时间和精力了解彼此的文化和文化习俗；(b) 反思对他们来说重要和不重要的做法、价值观和传统，以便与他们的孩子分享；(c) 通过提倡承认、包容和欣赏他们孩子的多重民族-种族遗产，保护他们的孩子在各种环境中免受种族微侵犯。对多民族家庭文化社会化方法的研究如此匮乏，以至于父母的这些观点既为未来的研究工作提供了宝贵的基础，也为美国和其他地方越来越多的多民族家庭提供了实用指导.