How to discuss racism and tolerance with your kids. Try these ideas to start the conversation today.
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Juneteenth Is an Opportunity To Teach Our Kids How To Listen to Black Folks, Not Commodify or Appropriate It
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This Tennessee Mother Filed a $2.5 Million Lawsuit Because of Racial Discrimination at School
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What Is Vicarious Racism and How Does it Affect Children?
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Ahmaud Arbery's Case Makes It Hard To Allow My Black Son to Just Be a Kid
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What To Do If The Racist Is Your Family Member
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A Texas Student Who Was Suspended and Banned From Graduation Over His Locs Is Fighting for Them in Court
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6 Things to Stop Saying to Kids of Different Races and Ethnic Groups
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How to Celebrate Black History Month With Kids
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IVF is Cost-Prohibitive for Far Too Many Black & Brown Families—These Orgs Are Changing That
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Black Identity and What it Means To Be 'Black Enough'
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Anti-Racist Curriculum: How to Talk to Your Kids About Black History
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Why These Teens Are Fighting to Learn Multicultural History in School
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A Seventh Grade Social Studies Teacher Had Students Pick Cotton as a Class Activity
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The White Parent's Guide to Raising Anti-Racist Kids
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Black Children Experience Racism Before White Children Learn About Race—Their Experiences Should Be the Focus
Your Age-by-Age Guide to Talking About Race
Your Age-by-Age Guide to Talking About Race
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12 Powerful Anti-Racism Books for Kids By Age
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How White Parents Can Resist Modern-Day Segregation in Schools
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If Elijah McClain Was Not Safe in the Hands of the Police, How Can My Child Be?
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Sex Education in School and at Home Needs an Anti-Racist Focus
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6 Reasons 'All Lives Matter' Doesn't Work—in Terms Simple Enough for a Child
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There's a Student-to-Prison Pipeline Happening in Schools and the Unfair Disciplining of Black and Latino Students is Feeding It
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How Racial Stress Impacts My Parenting
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How to Explain Microaggressions in Terms Simple Enough for a Child to Understand
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Meet the Moms Working to Increase Black Women's Net Worth
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As a Black Mother, I Ask: Can We Actually Change for Good This Time?
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8 Great Books To Teach Kids About Juneteenth
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My Parents Gave Me A Very 'American' Name, But I Wanted Something Different For My Daughter
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Stimulus Payment Access Has a Racial Gap —Here's How to Advocate for Your Family and Others
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How to Explain White Privilege in Terms Simple Enough for a Child
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What Do We Tell Our Kids About the Safety of Police When Stories Like Adam Toledo Happen?
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How to Talk to Kids About Anti-Semitism and Why It's Important
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12 Famous Black Families Who Have Left Their Mark on American History
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Please Stop Commenting On My Racially Ambiguous Children's Appearance
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How to Talk to Kids About Anti-Asian Violence
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Playgrounds Help Kids Be More Inclusive of Others, New Study Finds
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How I Spoke to My Black Child About Why the Cops Treated Capitol Rioters Differently Than BLM Protestors
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10 Black Charities To Donate Money to as a Family
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7 Tips for White Parents Raising Diversity-Aware Kids
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Teaching Diversity to Your Kids
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5 Anti-Racist Role Models Your Kid Should Know
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The Tulsa Race Massacre Isn't Taught in Many Schools, But it Should Be
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4 Little Things You Can Do to be Anti-Racist as a Family
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Why We Need to Go Beyond Not Seeing Color—Even for Little Kids
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How to Teach the History of Racism in Science Class
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How I Taught My Black Son About Racism
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What 'Defund the Police' Means—In Terms Simple Enough for a Child to Understand
The author and her daughter.
Speaking to My Black Daughter About the Black Lives Matter Protests, I Realize How Much She Already Understood
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How to Talk to Your Kids About Race
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The Dos and Don'ts of Talking About Race With Kids
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How My Childhood Experience With Racism Helped Me Explain My Different Skin Color to My Toddler
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How To Explain the Myth of the Free North to Children
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I Celebrate #BlackBoyJoy Because the Alternative is Too Painful
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Teaching My Kids About Their Racial Identity is My Responsibility as a Mom
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My Daughter Loves Her Black Skin—This Will Be Her Antidote to Racism
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The Many Ways White Parents Benefit From White Privilege—and How That Can Change