My son likes the color pink: Facing gender stereotypes
by guest blogger Clint Edwards I was sitting on the sofa next to my eight-year-old son, watching Pokémon, when he let out a long breath and said, “Dad, I like pink.” He wouldn’t look me in the eye, as though…
Politics Aside: My brown-skinned, Jewish American son reacts to Donald Trump
by guest blogger Janet Alperstein, Ph.D Regardless of your political affiliation, I hope you will take a moment to read about how a young Jewish American and Latino boy is experiencing the 2016 presidential, frequently as a result of what…
What happened when I defined sexism for my daughter
by guest blogger Jennifer Harvey Soccer’s been in my blood since I was little. Watching my kids learn to love it has been awesome. For the first time last fall, my seven-year-old played with girls instead of playing co-ed. I wasn’t…
Why it is my job to explain White privilege to my almost four-year-old
by Sachi Feris A couple of months ago, I was singing a bedtime song to my daughter and she interrupted with, “Mamma, sometimes in the morning when I wake up my pillow is wet.” It was a statement with the…
“You should not oppress the stranger, because we were strangers…”: Race, Justice, and Freedom at Hebrew School
by guest blogger Ari Lev Fornari Standing in front of a room of about 140 K-seventh grade students and their parents on the Sunday before Martin Luther King Junior Day, I introduce the topic for the day: Race, Justice, and…