Toolkit: Raising Asian American Children

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This short, kid-friendly video introduces the rich diversity within Asian American communities — perfect for watching together with your child. After watching the videos together, discuss your reactions, reflections, and wonderings by using the accompanying discussion prompts.

Sometimes, we may feel like being “different” than others — for the way we look, for eating different foods, or for speaking different languages — is a bad thing. Whenever being “different” makes us feel unhappy, thinking about the special details of our cultures and heritages can help us remember how our cultures actually make us unique and important.

Use this resource as a guide to help prompt your own reflection. 

How can Asian American children understand, process, and respond to being stereotyped? This kid-friendly video gives an introduction and examples that many Asian American kids and adults will relate to.

These comics are meant to start conversations between children and caregivers about race and racism, centering the diverse experiences of Asian American children. They relate to themes of cultural pride, coping with racism, interracial solidarity, and adoption.

Watch how educator Katie Yue-Sum Li adapted “A Kids Book About Racism” to reflect her own Asian American experience—and why representation, identity, and community matter when teaching kids about race. 

Picture books celebrating a wide diversity of Asian and Asian American characters, cultures, and experiences.

Are you looking for “mirror” books that reflect your Asian American children’s own experiences and identities? Or are you looking for “window” books that can show children other identities, experiences, and cultures that are different from their own?

This reflection guide helps caregivers to Asian American children prepare for those hard, real moments when kids are on the receiving end of racism and also help them understand how to avoid perpetuating racism against others —on the playground, in the classroom, or among friends.

Stories to share with kids about Asian American activists and leaders who have all worked hard to make our world a better place.

Use this story to spark meaningful conversations about heritage, belonging, and pride.