Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Perspect Psychol Sci. 2020 Sep;15(5):1178-1186. doi: 10.1177/1745691620927702. Epub 2020 Aug 10.
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, specific, shareable suggestions for parents who are seeking advice about how to engage with their children in this important domain. We also suggest that researchers become actively involved in the dissemination of the research findings so as to improve the lives of those who receive and express biases.
儿童在成长早期就开始表现出种族偏见，这使得许多通俗文章的作者提出了预防和减少这种偏见的建议。流行媒体中的一个常见主题是，父母应该在解决孩子的偏见方面发挥作用。在本文中，我们分析了父母在解决孩子偏见方面收到的建议，并考虑了这些建议的实用性。我们得出的结论是，支持父母干预以减少孩子偏见的有效性的证据基础很少。接下来，我们提出了一些建议，说明如何构建一个有用的证据基础，从中可以得出有用的建议。在这样做的过程中，我们呼吁研究人员开展研究，为那些正在寻求如何在这一重要领域与孩子互动的建议的父母提供有经验支持的、具体的、可分享的建议。我们还建议研究人员积极参与研究结果的传播，以改善那些接受和表达偏见的人的生活。
