There's nothing wrong with talking about race and racial differences. In fact, the opposite is true: Teaching kids not to talk about race can contribute to the problem of racism. It's never too early to begin cultivating a healthy awareness of diversity in your child. Young children don't...
"Any time you talk about people’s oppression, you also have to talk about people’s resistance to power." She didn’t want her children to inherit the same bleak context for how they understood race, so she focused on providing them with examples of people of color who were fierce advoc...
Parents of white children and parents of children of color face different challenges when talking to their kids about race. Black parents don't have the luxury of ignoring color, Allers told Live Science. They have to engage in painful conversations with their children starting at a young age ...
Invite children to draw and write about themselves - this can help draw out ideas of race and racism and why we should celebrate and what makes us all unique. 6. Find the right resources Doing all of the above is not something you have to tackle alone. There are lots of resources that...
Before we could sit down with our kids, we needed to do a little homework. Here are some of the things we learned. How to Have “the Race Talk” Honestly, talking about race can be a sensitive and difficult thing to do. However, given what’s been happening in the past week, and ...
Let’s Talk About Race by Julius Lester, illustrated by Karen Barbour As Lester discusses how we all have a story, he brings up questions about why we think race is important and what it means to have a racial identity. This gorgeous book — great to read with kids of any age — allo...
“Teaching your kids how to be respectfully curious can be difficult,” Coleman-Mortley said. But why does it seem especially hard when it comes to talking about race? “Race used to be a taboo topic of conversation," said Michele Chang, Director of Facilitation and Curriculum forChallenging ...
Explaining race and racism can feel like a minefield for parents, but it doesn’t have to. Here’s our age-by-age guide on how to talk to kids about racism.
re aware of recent events. Many parents are wondering how totalk to your kidsabout race and racism, looking for the right words to start the conversations, and how to keep the conversations going. Although it can be a difficult, talking to your kids about race, racism, and prejudice early...
What are your tips for how to talk to your kids about race?Tell us! I am the proud Mash-Up of military parents: A Mexican mama and Black dad. I was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Hawaii, then eventually moved to California. During the height of The Valley Girl 80s, in a schoo...