8.12: Raising Multiracial Children

First Name Basis Podcast

Jasmine Bradshaw

How To, Parenting, Education, Kids & Family

5 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Growing up as a multiracial child, I often felt my racial identity shifting and developing — heck, even as an adult I do! Navigating what it means to be multiracial continues to be a journey for me, which is why I was so excited to be able to interview Dr. Jennifer Noble.

Dr. Jenn, as she’s known online, is a licensed psychologist, parent coach and associate professor of psychology, who shares her expertise both in her private practice in Los Angeles and online. She focuses on identity and mixed race experience as she works with mixed race teens, BIPOC women and other marginalized groups.

In our conversation, we discuss:

• The experience many multiracial children have of shifting identity development.

• How parents can help their multiracial children prepare to answer questions about their identity.

• Affirming identity in the face of other people’s assumptions.

• How terminology can change based on where the mixed race person is in their identity journey.

• Building resilience in kids and their parents through open communication.

I hope any of you listeners out there who are multiracial or raising multiracial kiddos leave listening to this conversation feeling like you can be more fully connected to your family and your identity. And for anyone who is monoracial, I hope this gives you a better understanding of how you can support the multiracial people in your life.

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Articles, Studies & Podcasts Referenced in the Episode

Dr. Jenn’s website, which includes information about Mixed Life Academy

Dr. Jenn’s Instagram account @drjennpsych

Dr. Noble’s therapy practice website

Multiracial Bill of Rights by Dr. Maria Root

“One Drop of Love” by Fanshen Cox

“50 Experiences of Racially Mixed People” by Dr. Maria Root

Video of a mom in England giving her son a shirt to tell him he’s leaving the school where he’s been bullied

Song Credit: “Clapping Music” by BrightestAvenue and “Sunshine” by lemonmusicstudio

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to The First Name Basis Podcast, Season 8, Episode 12, Raising Multiracial Children with Dr. Jen Noble.
0:12.8	Welcome to the First Name Basis Podcast, an anti-racist podcast for schools and families.
0:18.3	I'm your host, Jasmine Bradshaw, and it's my job to teach grownups like you
0:22.1	how to talk to kids about race and racism. So let's go. We've got work to do.
0:30.7	Hello, first name basis fam. I am so glad you are here oh my goodness this episode i had the opportunity to talk to
0:42.6	dr jenn noble who is a clinical psychologist that specializes in identity development for multiracial
0:49.4	kids now being a black biracial woman myself i was like my gosh, can I just ask you all of my questions?
0:56.9	But what I did was I went on Instagram and I asked you all what you wanted to hear from Dr. Jen.
1:03.0	And I got so many amazing questions.
1:06.6	I guess I really didn't know how many parents of multiracial children or multiracial people themselves
1:12.4	were in our first name basis family. So I'm just really excited because I know that if you are someone
1:19.1	who is multiracial or you love someone who is multiracial, you're going to be nodding your head
1:24.1	along with the things that Dr. Jen is saying and feeling like you're having
1:27.8	really big mindset shifts and epiphanies throughout this episode because that's how I felt when I was
1:33.9	listening to her answers. But I wanted to tell you that even if you are someone who is not multiracial,
1:39.6	you will still learn so much from Dr. Jen. People who are monoracial, white, black, indigenous,
1:45.9	Asian, however you identify, you're going to take so much from what she says and what she teaches
1:51.4	because the census and the other research is showing that this category of people who are
1:57.1	multiracial, it's just going to continue to grow and get bigger as we continue in our society.
2:03.2	So even if you're in monoracial and your kids are monoracial, you probably know multiracial people
2:08.1	in your life. And as you know here at first name basis, we believe it's so important that we
2:12.8	learn about each other and our different experiences. So let me tell you a little bit more about Dr. Jen Noble.
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