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Scenario

When mixed-race couples struggle to balance different ethnic heritages in parenting

My partner and I are both mixed-race but from completely different ethnic backgrounds, and we're trying to figure out how to raise our kids with connection to both our heritages when we ourselves have such different relationships with our own identities. She's much more connected to her cultural practices than I am, and I worry our kids will end up feeling like one side of their heritage is more 'real' or important than the other.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people with different relationships to their own ethnic identities are trying to create coherent cultural foundation for their children without inadvertently privileging one heritage over another.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Ethnic identity and heritage?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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