The Cross-Cultural Parenting Playbook
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Multilingual Matters
Publishing:13th Jan '26
£14.95
This title is due to be published on 13th January, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£59.95(9781788921367)
This book offers real-life stories, strategies and activities to help families raise cross-cultural kids. Based on interviews and lived experience, it explores how parents can use media to build strong cross-cultural identities, honor hybrid heritage, and navigate the joys and challenges of cross-cultural parenting.
A practical research-backed guide for parents raising children across multiple cultures in a world shaped by digital media.
Every day, more families span continents, cultures and languages to raise cross-cultural children. Yet even as media brings us closer than ever, travel restrictions and censorship remind us how fragile these connections can be. Offering real-life stories, strategies and activities, this book explores how diverse families use media, both old and new, to bridge cultures and support their parenting journey. We meet children who balance frequent moves with staying in touch with a distant homeland. We encounter parents navigating multiple languages under one roof. We hear from relatives determined to keep in touch despite the challenges involved. We learn that media remains a vital tool that helps all these cross-cultural families stay connected – through shared recipes that conjure memories, video calls that span time-zones, popular culture that reflects a family's blended identity, and more. This is a book for anyone preparing for or living the realities of cross-cultural parenting.
Such a fresh approach for developing ways to use today's technology to create new ways and tools for today's families raising cross-cultural kids to thrive. Amazing, and fresh, insights and strategies for such an important task. An important read for all who look for new methods to help their children deal with the increasing cultural complexity so many face in our day and use the gifts they receive from such a childhood as they move into adulthood. Well done! * Ruth E. Van Reken, co-author of Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, 3rd ed. and co-founder of Families in Global Transition *
A compelling and insightful analysis into the world of bi-cultural parenting that brings to the fore the complexities and joys of raising children in a cross-cultural environment. Supported by extensive research and thought-provoking questions, the author takes us on a journey that is both highly entertaining and increasingly relevant. * Peter Gittins, Former International School Head and Councillor *
As a parent in a multicultural family, I found Sangita Shresthova’s book both edifying and thought-provoking. I can’t count the number of times I said out loud, 'Exactly!' or the times I thought, 'If only [insert name of friend from a monocultural nuclear family] would read this…' Inspiring reading. * Todd Nesbitt, PhD, Director of European Programs, Center for International Education, SUNY Empire State University *
Enriched with multidisciplinary research and real stories, this is an engaging look at how media, common sense and cultural sensitivity can help us raise happy and successful cross-cultural children. * Cynthia Green, author of Blue Feet Monsoon and co-author of Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, 4th ed. *
ISBN: 9781788921350
Dimensions: 234mm x 156mm x 8mm
Weight: unknown
150 pages