Parents' Role in Addressing Children's Racial Bias: The Case of Speculation Without Evidence.

ABSTRACT: Children begin displaying racial biases early in development, which has led many authors of popular-press articles to generate suggestions for preventing and decreasing such biases. One common theme in the popular press is that parents should play a role in addressing children's biases. In the present article, we analyze the current recommendations parents receive about addressing their children's biases and consider their utility. We conclude that the evidence base supporting the effectiveness of parental intervention to reduce children's biases is scant. Next, we offer suggestions for how to construct a useful evidence base from which good recommendations could be drawn. In so doing, we issue a call to action for researchers to conduct research that will yield empirically supported, spec

SUBMITTER: Scott KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7568821 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature