Abstract: Ethnic-racial socialization is a central component of parenting in ethnic-minority families in the USA, and it is used to refer the process through which parents transmit information regarding ethnicity and race to their children to help them accustom to society. Age and gender of children, as well as experience of discrimination of both parents and children, can all affect what and when parents choose to impart such information. So far creation of operation models of ethnic-racial socialization has successfully helped integrate into one category different aspects of related research, such as ethnic identity, self-esteem and youth outcome. This represents an important tendency in the academic agenda of ethnic-racial socialization.

Key words: ethnic socialization, racial socialization, ethnic identity, self-esteem