Talking to Kids About Race

Dr. Riana Elyse Anderson (@rianaelyse) is a Psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Health Behaviors & Health Education Department in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan. Her scholarship addresses culturally specific parenting practices to reduce race-related stress in families. During this episode, we discuss the importance of having conversations with our children about race, promoting child psychosocial well-being, her current program, EMBRace (Engaging, Managing, and Bonding through Race), a family-based intervention that provides parents and children skills to address race and racial discrimination, and her video series, Our Mental Health Minute (OurMHM), with fellow psychologist Dr. Shawn C.T. Jones (@SCTJones) that addresses mental health stigma within the African-American community.To learn more about Dr. Riana Elyse Anderson go to https://www.rianaelyse.com.Resources:Article: https://sph.umich.edu/pursuit/2018posts/talking-about-race.htmlGetting involved in EMBRace: https://www.theembraceprogram.com/get_involvedEMBRace Video: https://vimeo.com/210478950OurMHM: https://www.facebook.com/pg/OurMHM/videos/