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White parents do not think their children will express racial bias (Pahlke, Bigler, & Suizzo, 2012). The present study evaluates whether the “better-than-average” effect (Alike, 1985) extends to how parents think about their children’s biases. Do parents believe that all children are unbiased or that their children are more likely than other children to be unbiased? White parents (N=100) rated the likelihood that their child and the average child (order counterbalanced) would exhibit biased behaviors (e.g., exclusion of Black children). Parents reported that their child would express less bias than the average child (t(99)=8.51, p<0.001). Parents also completed questionnaires assessing their personal values regarding prejudice. Parents with personal values prohibiting prejudice predicted their own child would show less bias than parents with less stringent non-prejudiced values (t(98)=-2.41, p=0.02). Parents’ personal values had no effect on predictions of other children’s behaviors (t(98)=-1.06, p=0.29). Discussion will focus on the implications for raising parents’ awareness of children’s vulnerability to bias and concern about addressing racial bias with their children.
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