What about the Children?, Nicole Doyley
What about the Children?, Nicole Doyley
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What about the Children?
Five Values for Multiracial Families

Author: Nicole Doyley, Tasha Jun

Narrator: Diana Blue

Unabridged: 5 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/18/2025


Synopsis

Multiracial identity brings both gifts and challenges—for kids and their parents.

Beyond questions about skin tone and other physical characteristics, children may wonder where they fit in the world and why people treat them differently. Parents may find themselves ill-equipped for situations they never faced in their own childhoods. What about the Children? deftly provides families formed by interracial marriage or transracial adoption with the guidance and tools they need to help their children embrace, celebrate, and confidently navigate all parts of their heritage.

Author Nicole Doyley shares the challenges of growing up biracial without much guidance for navigating her Black and white worlds as well as the intentionality with which she and her Jamaican husband raise their children. Drawing on a wealth of personal anecdotes, expert insights, and practical advice, she illuminates five core values to help multiracial families thrive. From raising one's own awareness of cultural differences to humbly seeking a diverse community of support to honestly preparing children for specific aspects of racism, What about the Children? covers both the basics and nuances of raising children with a sense of pride in their heritage and a strong, resilient sense of self.

Reviews

Goodreads review by beth graham on February 18, 2025

As a long-time follower of Nicole Doyley's insightful podcast "Let's Talk: Conversations on Race," I was thrilled to learn she had authored a book tailored for interracial families. In What about the Children? 5 Values for Multiracial Families, Doyley extends her expertise into the intricate world o......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on February 18, 2025

In What About the Children? Nicole Doyley provides clear, compelling and trustworthy guidance to parents of biracial kids. She knows her material: having grown up and come of age in Brooklyn during the 70s and 80s, the daughter of a black man and a white woman, Nicole experienced a number of smaller......more

Goodreads review by A on February 18, 2025

If you are a parent of biracial or multiracial children, think of What About the Children? as an essential guidebook for the challenging journey of parenthood. You can’t opt out of this journey, but the good news is that the author offers to take point for you! Nicole Doyley has dug deep through her......more

Goodreads review by KBot on February 18, 2025

This book is incredibly timely and important, whether or not you're a part of a multiracial family. It's written from a Christian perspective, but it's applicable whether or not you're religious. It is very well written, and gives practical suggestions that are easy to implement. My favorite part wa......more

Goodreads review by Susan on February 18, 2025

I am blown away by this beautifully written, wise book from one of the most gracious nonfiction authors I’ve ever come across. I picked up Nicole Doyley’s What about the Children? expecting to learn some strategies for helping biracial children thrive. And I did—every chapter is packed with practical......more