Hild Upbringing Issues In Interethnic Marriages: Psychological Characteristics, Experiences, And Challenges

Аннотация

As a result of globalization, the number of interethnic marriages is steadily increasing. Such marriages not only signify the union of two individuals but also bring unique psychological characteristics into the upbringing of their children. Children born into interethnic marriages grow up under the influence of two or more cultures, which makes the development of their personality, self-perception, and adaptation to society a complex process. Keywords: Family, ethnicity, race, child, identification, adaptation, marriage, conflict, communication, relationship. Introduction: Today, intercultural relations and The influence of interethnic marriage on child interethnic interactions are widespread in global social upbringing, the child’s future place in society, and the practice, resulting in a growing number of ethnically challenges they may face are all pressing issues in mixed marriages. The development of social networks, today’s world. One of the most significant problems is the intensification of migration flows, and especially the child’s national self-identification. In interethnic the open access to global education for young people marriages, it is extremely difficult for children to have all contributed to the increasing number of equally and harmoniously accept both parents' cultural interethnic marriages not only worldwide but also worlds and traditions. within our country. LITERATURE REVIEW In the fields of social psychology, ethnopsychology, and M.A. Djaber Khasan notes that relationships in such sociology, interethnic families have become an object families largely depend on communication traditions, of growing interest because studying them touches the current economic and social conditions of society, upon two aspects that are highly relevant in the the presence of family ties influenced by society, the modern world. Most importantly, at the current stage participation of family members in household of societal development, the study of the family is responsibilities, public relationships, and the type of gaining increasing relevance in many countries, as it family (extended, childless), including who takes the plays a crucial role in ensuring social stability and lead, individual virtues, and the characters of family addressing issues related to cultural policy. members. One of the key aspects to consider in studying biethnic Many researchers and psychologists emphasize that families is the upbringing of children born into such children born into ethnically mixed families are often unions. This is because the fact that both spouses healthier and more intelligent than those born into belong to different ethnic cultures has a direct impact monoethnic families. Moreover, they inherit a stronger on the child-rearing process. Questions such as: To gene pool. Elena Eremina, who has worked in the field which ethnicity do these children belong? What culture of genetic research for over 30 years, shares the do they adopt? What language do they speak? — are following views about children born from interethnic not always easy to answer. marriages: Couples from different ethnic groups American Journal Of Social Sciences And Humanity Research 70 https://theusajournals.com/index.php/ajsshr American Journal Of Social Sciences And Humanity Research (ISSN: 2771-2141) possess unique genetic traits accumulated over American scholars conducting research have generations, which often do not align with each other. emphasized the importance of supporting child-rearing Children born from such unions frequently display practices in mixed-race families. They explain the characteristics different from those of their parents— reasons for this as follows: sometimes even more pronounced—such as stronger First, due to globalization, people continue to move immunity. from one part of the world to another in search of As she explains, marriages between close relatives can better opportunities. This means there will be a lead to various pathologies in children. Conversely, growing number of mixed-race children worldwide. As unions between genetically distant individuals—even a result, issues related to minority status among mixed- those differing only in terms of birthplace—can help race children are gradually diminishing. prevent such issues, according to the Candidate of Second, children raised in culturally diverse households Medical Sciences. tend to become better global citizens. They acquire A child becomes familiar with the cultures of both intercultural communication skills that help them ethnic backgrounds, which broadens their worldview. integrate into communities and participate effectively However, during this process, it is important for anywhere in the world. These abilities stem from their parents to decide which culture should be dominant in family experiences, including observing the the child’s upbringing. In such families, children usually interactions between their parents. learn to speak at least two lang