Cross-Cultural Parenting Playbook

Sangita Shresthova is a Czech-Nepalese media researcher with expertise in popular culture, transmedia and civic engagement. She grew up between Prague and Kathmandu and has since called many cities home. She currently lives in Los Angeles and works as an Associate Research Professor of Communication at the University of Southern California. She is the co-author of several books, including Transformative Media Pedagogies and Practicing Futures: The Civic Imagination Action Handbook. As a mother raising a multiracial, multilingual, cross-cultural child, her personal journey fuels her commitment to bridging cultural and social divides.

• ForewordPart 1: Understand Cross-Cultural Identities and Parenting Chapter 1. Where the Story BeginsChapter 2. Embrace In-BetweenChapter 3. Get on the Same PagePart 2: Bridge with Media and Popular Culture Chapter 4. By Any Media  Chapter 5. Connect Through Popular CulturePart 3: Cross Cultures in Everyday Life Chapter 6: Feed the ImaginationChapter 7. Sing and Dance  Chapter 8. Play With LanguagesPart 4: Build and Sustain Connection Across Distance        Chapter 9. Seek Out CommunitiesChapter 10. Visit and Connect, Even VirtuallyPart 5: Navigate the Paths Ahead Chapter 11. Accept the JourneyAfterwordReferencesIndex

A fresh and innovative approach to using today’s technology to support families raising cross-cultural children. An important read for anyone seeking new methods to help children deal with the increasing cultural complexity so many face and use the gifts they receive from such a childhood as they move into adulthood. Well done!