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What I tell my son about the sexist media

October 13, 2016 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Elementary School, Gender, Janet Alperstein, Middle Grades, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS

by guest blogger Janet Alperstein After attending “Fiddler on the Roof” my eight-year-old Jewish Day School-educated son, made it his business to memorize the verse about the sons in “Tradition:” “At three I started Hebrew school, at ten I learned…

Politics Aside: My brown-skinned, Jewish American son reacts to Donald Trump

March 8, 2016 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Elementary School, Janet Alperstein, Race, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS

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…

We are a family…not an “alternative” family

October 9, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Gender, Janet Alperstein, Racial Identity, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS

by guest blogger Janet Alperstein, Ph.D I have heard that my son and I are an “alternative family” too many times. It was said by people who meant well, but it hurt. While my son didn’t overhear many of these…

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“Momma, why aren’t there more boy teachers?”

May 15, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Gender, Janet Alperstein, STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS

by guest blogger Janet Alperstein, Ph.D In the fall of 2005, I sat in my parents’ living room where a postcard on a bookshelf read “Raise Boys And Girls The Same”—and told them that my adoption plans were moving forward…

My son’s Jewish and Guatemalan identity

April 9, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Janet Alperstein, Race, Racial Identity, STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, Toddlers

Celebrations are a big part of our family: the Jewish holidays, the anniversaries of the day we met and the day we became a family, Guatemalan Independence Day, and National Adoption Day. Each of these celebrations helps us reaffirm our multiple identities.

Does your family’s skin match? In our transracial family, our skin doesn’t match—and we talk about it!

February 27, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Janet Alperstein, Race, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, Toddlers

by guest blogger Janet Alperstein, Ph.D From the day I met my son at age six months, our adoption story and our racial and religious identities have been part of our everyday conversations. The discussions have evolved over time as…

What I tell my son about the sexist media

Politics Aside: My brown-skinned, Jewish American son reacts to Donald Trump

We are a family…not an “alternative” family

“Momma, why aren’t there more boy teachers?”

My son’s Jewish and Guatemalan identity

Does your family’s skin match? In our transracial family, our skin doesn’t match—and we talk about it!

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