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How to help children connect with ancestral histories you don't understand

My children are mixed race and they're asking questions about their Black ancestors that I can't answer because my white family never talked about slavery and I don't know how to research this without causing more pain.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Parenting across racial lines requires navigating historical trauma you didn't inherit but your children did.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Ancestor veneration across traditions?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.