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Early childhood professionals can use this book to better serve Korean American children in the United States. Four transnational mother-educators share the lived experiences of Korean American children and their families through candid and vivid narratives that counter stereotypical and prejudicial beliefs about Asian American communities.

Table of Contents
  • Contents (Tentative)
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • 1. Our Stories Through Suda (수다 )
    Introducing Suda (수다)
    Our Background and Her-Stories
    Our Positioning as Korean American Transnational Mother-Educators
    Looking Ahead
  • 2. Parental Ethnotheories Raising Korean American Children
    Cultural and Historical Parenting: Tea-Kyo
    Developmental Markers in Context: An Example of Sleep Training
    Social-Emotional Lessons: Balancing Multiple Expectations
    Disrupting a Tiger Mom Stereotype: We Are So Much More
    Implications and Resources
  • 3. "What's Your Name?": Children's Names and Naming Practices
    Children's Names With Family and Cultural Values
    Juggling Concerns and Desires to Decide on Our Children's Names
    Naming Practices by Others
    Children's (Trans)Naming Practices
    "Hello, My Name is . . .": Rethinking Preferred Names in School
    Implications and Resources
  • 4. "I Don't See Me!": Picture Books About Asian Americans
    Scarcity of Children's Picture Books on Asian American: Underrepresentation
    "Not All Koreans Are Same": Misrepresentation and Within-Group Differences
    Perpetuating the Tourist Approach to Asian Culture
    Implications and Resources
  • 5. More Than English: Diverse Translingual Practices in Korean American Transnational Families
    The Value of Heritage Language Learning and Our Children's Experiences
    "Do Your Children Speak Korean?": Microaggressions Based on Language and the Perpetual Foreigner Image of Asian Americans
    Challenging the Hegemony of English and Promoting Translanguaging Pedagogy
    Implications and Resources
  • Chapter 6. Navigating Invisibility and Microaggressions as Korean American Children and Families
    "Where are the Asians?": Our Children's Experiences of Marginalization and Invisibility
    Our Children's Experiences of Being Visible: Microaggressions and Racial Bias
    From Guilty Parents to Active Advocates
    Implications and Resources
    Departing Thoughts about Our Suda (수다) and Supporting All American Children
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Authors

Supporting Korean American Children in Early Chi

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: 11/24/2023 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780807768662, 978-0807768662
      ISBN10: 0807768669
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Early childhood professionals can use this book to better serve Korean American children in the United States. Four transnational mother-educators share the lived experiences of Korean American children and their families through candid and vivid narratives that counter stereotypical and prejudicial beliefs about Asian American communities.

      Table of Contents
      • Contents (Tentative)
      • Acknowledgments
      • Foreword
      • 1. Our Stories Through Suda (수다 )
        Introducing Suda (수다)
        Our Background and Her-Stories
        Our Positioning as Korean American Transnational Mother-Educators
        Looking Ahead
      • 2. Parental Ethnotheories Raising Korean American Children
        Cultural and Historical Parenting: Tea-Kyo
        Developmental Markers in Context: An Example of Sleep Training
        Social-Emotional Lessons: Balancing Multiple Expectations
        Disrupting a Tiger Mom Stereotype: We Are So Much More
        Implications and Resources
      • 3. "What's Your Name?": Children's Names and Naming Practices
        Children's Names With Family and Cultural Values
        Juggling Concerns and Desires to Decide on Our Children's Names
        Naming Practices by Others
        Children's (Trans)Naming Practices
        "Hello, My Name is . . .": Rethinking Preferred Names in School
        Implications and Resources
      • 4. "I Don't See Me!": Picture Books About Asian Americans
        Scarcity of Children's Picture Books on Asian American: Underrepresentation
        "Not All Koreans Are Same": Misrepresentation and Within-Group Differences
        Perpetuating the Tourist Approach to Asian Culture
        Implications and Resources
      • 5. More Than English: Diverse Translingual Practices in Korean American Transnational Families
        The Value of Heritage Language Learning and Our Children's Experiences
        "Do Your Children Speak Korean?": Microaggressions Based on Language and the Perpetual Foreigner Image of Asian Americans
        Challenging the Hegemony of English and Promoting Translanguaging Pedagogy
        Implications and Resources
      • Chapter 6. Navigating Invisibility and Microaggressions as Korean American Children and Families
        "Where are the Asians?": Our Children's Experiences of Marginalization and Invisibility
        Our Children's Experiences of Being Visible: Microaggressions and Racial Bias
        From Guilty Parents to Active Advocates
        Implications and Resources
        Departing Thoughts about Our Suda (수다) and Supporting All American Children
      • Appendix
      • References
      • Index
      • About the Authors

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