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“Why Didn’t Her Real Mom Want Her?”

November 13, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Kathleen Dennehy, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, Toddlers

by guest blogger Kathleen Dennehy I’m standing by this ice cream trough, which is maybe 20 feet long, narrow and silver- just like a gutter one might put on a house. But this gutter is lined with aluminum foil and filled…

In light of Spring Valley (Part Two): Activism, the police, and my three-and-a-half-year-old

November 3, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Race, Sachi Feris, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS, Toddlers, Uncategorized

by Sachi Feris Almost a year ago, when I was launching Raising Race Conscious Children, I wrote a post about what I would say to my future four-year-old about Michael Brown and Eric Garner. Well, my daughter is almost three-and-a-half…

A hard (but needed) conversation: New York City’s segregated schools

October 23, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Elementary School, Myra Hernandez, Race, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, Uncategorized, White Privilege

by guest blogger Myra Hernandez One morning, I was working with a group of elementary students at a public school in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. As a program coordinator for a non-profit, I had been reading Harlem’s Little Blackbird by Renee…

Body conscious talk: Discussing masturbation

October 16, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Katie Schaffer, Race, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, Toddlers, White Privilege

by guest blogger Katie Schaffer Little kids masturbate. They’re exploring their bodies and it feels good. But one of the reasonable concerns that many parents have is how to encourage children’s curiosity and joyous sensual connection to their body while…

The problem with “Curious George”

October 13, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Sachi Feris, STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES, STRATEGY: CONSIDER FEELINGS, STRATEGY: EXPLORE THROUGH PLAY, STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS, Toddlers, Uncategorized

by Sachi Feris The Spanish version of the original “Curious George” found its way to our bookshelf via hand-me-downs and my three-year-old daughter discovered it after diligently searching for a “new, new, new book that I’ve never, ever read.” It’s…

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…

Confronting White bias: Bringing my research to my parenting

October 2, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Gender, Race, Racial Identity, Richard Milner, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CONSIDER FEELINGS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, White Privilege

by guest blogger Richard Milner, Ph.D As an African-American, middle-class professor of urban education, I am constantly bridging my research with my parenting responsibilities, reflecting on discourse and actions I take with my children as I attempt to help them…

A messy conversation with my three-year-old about the history of slavery and #BlackLivesMatter

September 29, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Race, Sachi Feris, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: EXPLORE THROUGH PLAY, STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: PARE DOWN THE VARIOUS ISSUES, Toddlers, White Privilege

by Sachi Feris I have been talking about race and racial justice with my daughter since she was a baby, not worrying too much when my commentary may have been over her head. I wanted her to hear my words…

“Are you a boy or a girl?”: Helping young children think through gender

September 25, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Gender, Katie Schaffer, Race, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES, STRATEGY: EXPLORE THROUGH PLAY, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS, Toddlers

by guest blogger Katie Schaffer I’m a queer woman with short hair who often wears button ups and slacks. (I use the word queer to talk about myself because it provides space for the recognition that both gender and sexuality…

My two-year-old’s passion for consciousness-raising

September 22, 2015 · by Raising Race Conscious Children · in Early Childhood, Elementary School, Race, Sachi Feris, STRATEGY: AFFIRM CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, STRATEGY: CHILDREN AND ACTIVISM, STRATEGY: CONSIDER FEELINGS, STRATEGY: FAIRNESS/UNFAIRNESS, STRATEGY: NAME RACE/WHITENESS, STRATEGY: SPEAK TO IMAGES/WORDS, Toddlers

by Sachi Feris In a conversation about stereotypes and children’s books, a colleague (at the school where I teach Spanish to kindergarten and first-grade) mentioned that the song “Baa Baa Black Sheep” contained references to slavery in the United States:…

“Why Didn’t Her Real Mom Want Her?”

In light of Spring Valley (Part Two): Activism, the police, and my three-and-a-half-year-old

A hard (but needed) conversation: New York City’s segregated schools

Body conscious talk: Discussing masturbation

The problem with “Curious George”

We are a family…not an “alternative” family

Confronting White bias: Bringing my research to my parenting

A messy conversation with my three-year-old about the history of slavery and #BlackLivesMatter

“Are you a boy or a girl?”: Helping young children think through gender

My two-year-old’s passion for consciousness-raising

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