"This book explores communication challenges parents face as they raise children who are bicultural, multicultural, or adopted from a heritage other than the parents'. Each contributor views the family as a site of intercultural dialogue and mediation, and uses compelling studies throughout to examine the parents who creatively balance cultural influences within their families. Using television depictions of parents on Modern Family and All-American Muslim, as well as the everyday activities of mixed-ethnicity and international families, Mediating Cultures reports the communication strategies the parents employ as they strive to create affirmative relationships between children and their heritages." --Back cover.