Parent's ethnic-racial socialization practices in families with young children experiencing homelessness

•Caregivers experiencing homelessness engaged in ERS with their young children•Cultural socialization was the most common form of ERS•Cultural socialization was associated with family context features (e.g., family structure, family size)•Preparation for bias was related to child characteristics (e.g., ethnicity-race, age, and verbal ability)•Promotion of mistrust was related to parent attributes (e.g., age, education)