How Classes for Multicultural Families Need to be Different

There are SO many parenting classes out there. I’ve taken many of them. Some as research, and others as a parent looking for support. If you pick one that aligns with your values, then it can feel helpful to have someone to tell you what to do. I’ve found relief in scripts myself, even though I don’t always love them as a pedagogical strategy.

So why did I decide to create more parenting classes? And how are the classes at Pueblo different?

The most simple answer I could give you is that culture matters.

Our cultures inform our values including how we see our role as parents and how we make sense of our children. We often take can’t see our own culture until it is contrasted against another one. As an immigrant, I’ve been aware of my culture my whole life.

Classes that suggest that there is a right way to raise a child do not acknowledge their own cultural bias. Even research, or what we “know” about children is influenced by the cultural context in which it was conducted. Our cultural lens informs the questions we ask, how we ask them, and how we answer them.

As a new parent raising a multicultural baby with someone with a very different background from mine, I needed classes that acknowledged that both of our perspectives matter and helped us navigate our differences—many of which we weren’t even aware of until we were dealing with questions like how to get a baby to sleep.

Pueblo was born from this need.

Our classes are designed to help multicultural parents bridge their values with each other’s as well as the latest research on development. We do this through a combination of video mini lessons on development, self-reflection, and collaborative exercises.

We don’t need to give you scripts or answers, because we help you write your own.