Supporting Korean American Children in Early Childhood Education

Sophia Han is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Learning at the University of South Florida. Jinhee Kim is an associate professor in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education at Kennesaw State University. Sohyun Meacham is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Northern Iowa. Su-Jeong Wee is an assistant professor in the Department of Child and Family Studies at California State University, Los Angeles.

• Contents (Tentative)AcknowledgmentsForeword1. Our Stories Through Suda (수다 )Introducing Suda (수다)Our Background and Her-StoriesOur Positioning as Korean American Transnational Mother-EducatorsLooking Ahead2. Parental Ethnotheories Raising Korean American ChildrenCultural and Historical Parenting: Tea-KyoDevelopmental Markers in Context: An Example of Sleep TrainingSocial-Emotional Lessons: Balancing Multiple ExpectationsDisrupting a Tiger Mom Stereotype: We Are So Much MoreImplications and Resources3. "What's Your Name?": Children's Names and Naming PracticesChildren's Names With Family and Cultural ValuesJuggling Concerns and Desires to Decide on Our Children's NamesNaming Practices by OthersChildren's (Trans)Naming Practices"Hello, My Name is . . .": Rethinking Preferred Names in SchoolImplications and Resources4. "I Don't See Me!": Picture Books About Asian AmericansScarcity of Children's Picture Books on Asian American: Underrepresentation"Not All Koreans Are Same": Misrepresentation and Within-Group DifferencesPerpetuating the Tourist Approach to Asian CultureImplications and Resources5. More Than English: Diverse Translingual Practices in Korean American Transnational FamiliesThe 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 AmericansChallenging the Hegemony of English and Promoting Translanguaging PedagogyImplications and ResourcesChapter 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 BiasFrom Guilty Parents to Active Advocates Implications and Resources Departing Thoughts about Our Suda (수다) and Supporting All American ChildrenAppendixReferencesIndexAbout the Authors