Biracial Boom

Rasing Happy and Healthy Biracial Children

Biracial Boom is a website created especially for parents of Biracial children. The intention is to provide support, education, friendship and a place to share with likeminded people.

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Dr. Laura Schlessinger answers a caller's questions about her interracial marriage with insensitve remarks and racial slurs. Why go to Dr. Laura Schlessinger when she does not know a thing about interracial families? Instead...come to Biracial Boom for help and support.

Has There Really Been a Biracial Boom?

Yes! If you are ever feeling that you are alone as an Interracial family, rest assured, you are not. Accordng to Census data, there were approximately a half million multiracial kids in American in 1970 and that figure boomed to 6.8 million in 2000! No doubt the 2010 census data will show an ever rising number.

What is Biracial Boom all about?

Welcome to Biracial Boom, an oasis for parents of Biracial children. Come learn, share, and enjoy this new community.

We as parents, have at least one thing in common, we have chosen to love across racial lines. What a beautiful thing. We in America have come a long way in race relations, but with a long way to go. Along with the beauty of Interracial love and the children we bring into this world, there are challenges for the child and for us as parents. No matter how loving your family, or wanted your child, outside the walls of your house your child will encounter people that are insensitive, stare a little too long, and make inappropriate comments. You can't always protect them from subtle or overt racism. Thankfully, most people are becoming more open to interracial families, or at least have the sense to keep their feelings to themselves. However, we all know that we can encounter ninety-nine positive and loving people but it is the one person that treats us negatively that we tend to focus on. The reality is that the outside world is still race conscious and your child will need to learn to navigate it and still come out with a healthy sense of who they are. It will be up to you to help your child prepare for the challenges he or she will surely face while growing up.

There are many ways to help your child develop a positive self esteem as they become more aware of society that may or may not be accepting. Your role as a parent is vital. Below are just a few of many ways that you can help enrich your childs life:

Biracial Boom is here to help you with honest discussion, along with terrific resources and products. It is designed as a place to let your hair down, relax, and know that others have followed this path successfully for centuries. This website is packed full of information that will be helpful to you on your incredible journey. You CAN raise Happy and Healthy Biracial kids!

Dolls
Books
Hair
Tips

A child should have dolls from a variety of cultures, but it is very important that she has a doll that reflects her own race and culture. Thankfully, Biracial dolls are manufactured now and available for your little one. Your little girl will always remember her first or favorite baby doll.

When little girls play with dolls they are using their imagination and playing mommy to their little baby. Shouldn't that baby doll reflect your little girl's skin color, features, and hair type? A Biracial doll is great step in helping your daughter develop positive self esteem.

Books are one of the most valuable tools for helping you raise your child. Reading about parenting in general is crucial, but also make sure you are prepared to help your Biracial child with his/her specific needs as she grows up, with books geared toward Interracial families. Make sure to read books to your child that have Biracial children and Interracial families as part of the cast of characters.

Prepare yourself for helping your child when he or she faces subtle or overt racism by reading Biographies of other Biracial people and also parenting books specific to raising Biracial children. The experience is different.

Know that Biracial hair is different than Caucasion or Black hair. It can range from straight to kinky and everywhere in between.

As a parent, your child needs you to be educated about their hair. He or she needs to feel good about their hair, and to know that all hair is good hair. Thankfully, there are some excellent books on Biracial and ethnic hair on the market. Your child will also enjoy seeing the pictures and hairstyles in the books. There are many products made specifically for Biracial and ethnic hair.

My Favorite Tips

Read, Read, Read

Connect with families of all races and cultures. Let your child know that you embrace diversity.

Share your experience with others, ask for help when you need it.

Know that a Biracial child's experience is different than your own. Being "too Black to be White and Too White to be Black" can be a painful experience. They need to find their own place in society and you can help them do it.

You would be surprised at just how many times your child is asked,

"So, What are you Anyway?"

It has long been the standard that a Biracial person was considered Black. This is basically an attempt to prepare a child for the fact that society would consider him Black. However, this forces a child to basically reject part of his/her heritage as well as one parent, and can't be good from a psychological standpoint for either the White parent or the child. Doesn't a child have the fundamental right to claim his heritage, all of it, without being called a traitor to part of it?

An article in TIME magazine addresses this issue. Read this article "Are Mixed Race Children Better Adjusted?" by John Cloud for some great pointers.

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I like who I am!

Click here to learn about great ways to help your child build a positive self identity.

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Be sure to visit the very special Biracial Boom store, where you can find many products made especially for interracial famlies. Hair products, biracial dolls, books for your family .... it's all here.

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Join the Biracial Boom Parenting Forum. There is nothing like discussing issues with another parent of a Biracial child. For comfort, support, and wisdom...and to be of help to someone else, be an active participant.

Share your story. Every interracial family is unique in its make up and experiences. Contact us if you would like to have your family featured in an upcoming newsletter. We would love to hear from you.

Parenting from a Christian perspective.

For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb. I will give thanks to You for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Psalm 139:13-14