Encourage your child to take academically challenging courses. The more you praise your child, the more confidence she will have in herself and her abilities. You can also help your child focus on positive experiences, such as an A on a paper or project or praise she received from a teacher or mentor. Dwell on good things that happen, not the bad. Use Your Resources Encourage your son or daughter to take advantage of services and programs at school and in the community that encourage access to academic, social, and recreational groups and activities.
Some colleges offer special summer programs for multicultural high school students.
Contact the Multicultural Student Affairs office at your local college to find out what may be available through the college or other organizations. Encourage Peer Networking If no organized support groups are available that encourage academic success, help your child start a peer support group of his own. This group can get together to talk about similar interests and career goals or just to study and will help your child make friends with those having similar interests and goals. Talk to your child about his friends and what they are like, and tell him not to let his friends talk him into doing something he doesn t want to do. Encourage your child to set goals and work toward achieving them.