Studies of the Parenting of Multiracial Children in the United

question 140

Multiple Choice

Studies of the parenting of multiracial children in the United States and New Zealand found that:

• A) a parent from a racial minority group played the largest role in guiding the child's development of his or her ethnic identity.
• B) moms played the largest role in guiding the child's development of ethnic minority identity, even when that child was not of that ethnic group.
• C) dads played the largest role in guiding the child's development of ethnic minority identity, even when that child was not of that ethnic group.
• D) parents of these children tend to see their children through "ethnic blinders" and do not typically attempt to instill their children with a sense of ethnic identity.

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