From getting teased about their curly mixed hair to understanding how to choose the best preschool or even the right words to describe my mixed Black Latina, as a Multiracial Mother and family legacy builder, I got questions!!!

And I know you do, too.

While there isn’t a manual on motherhood, there’s even less information readily available for women raising multiracial children. And considering how unique our parenting experience is, that really is a problem. Our kids need us to be informed. We deserve to feel supported, perhaps even celebrated. And, in an effort to be part of the solution, I’m opening the gates of De Su Mama to serve as a platform to whatever questions you have in a new

Multiracial Children

DSM’s Ask the Expert parenting series is designed to be a resource for multiracial mothers by providing expert advice on parenting questions and concerns. Sure, I’ll throw in my personal experience, but I want to offer you (my readers and fellow multiracial mothers) commentary from licensed professionals; therapists who work in the trenches of youth and adolescent psychology. Experts.

Leading the series will be our in-house DSM Parenting Expert, Jermaine Simpson, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, who has nearly 15 years of experience in the most ethnically diverse areas of San Diego, California and specializes in the counseling of adolescent males. Alongside Jermaine, various experts will be called on to answer your questions.

Use the form below to submit your parenting question. Wonder how important diversity is to your biracial child’s identity? Very! Need tips on bridging the cultural divide with your in-laws? Let us help! Feel like combating stereotypes is a full-time job? Me too! The form below can be submitted anonymously – I don’t need to know who you are. I just want to help our community of multiracial mothers raise resilient and awesome kids.