Does Anybody Else Look Like Me?: A Parent's Guide to Raising Multiracial Children

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Summary: the book I was looking for
Review: As a parent of multiracial children, I was delighted to find this book, which not only answered the questions I had, but gave me a wealth of information, strategies and tips that gives me confidence about the future of our family. While the statistics and psychological data are compelling, the most interesting facet of the book for me was the interviews with over 60 multiracial families. i would highly recommend this book to anyone concerned with the issues faced by multiracial children and their families and parents.

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Summary: excellent book for parents
Review: Thank goodness this isn't another academic tome dealing with racial tensions and ethnicity in the U.S. Finally, we have a book geared for parents that is intelligent, informed and useful. The scripts alone--Ms. Nakazawa's suggestions for what to say to children in response to (or in anticipation of) challenging situations--are worth the price of the book. I know of at least one school that is giving away free copies of this book to all the parents of multiracial and transracially adoptive children in their school. I hope, for the sake of our children, that more schools will get the word out about this book.

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Summary: excellent book for parents
Review: This book was very well-intentioned. For the most part, I found it interesting and informative, but I wouldn't say that this book fully teased out the implications of what it means to have a multi-racial child. I didn't give this book five stars because I found it seemed to lack direction. This book was quite anecdotal, and lacked sophisticated nuance and understanding in ethnic identity. This book was obviously written from the point of a parent versus an academic who might interrogate and investigate race and ethnicity on a different level.

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Summary: Interesting
Review: This book was very well-intentioned. For the most part, I found it interesting and informative, but I wouldn't say that this book fully teased out the implications of what it means to have a multi-racial child. I didn't give this book five stars because I found it seemed to lack direction. This book was quite anecdotal, and lacked sophisticated nuance and understanding in ethnic identity. This book was obviously written from the point of a parent versus an academic who might interrogate and investigate race and ethnicity on a different level.