How To Raise Inclusive Children
5 Questions for Parents About DEI Morals at School
When your child is in grade school, the lessons that stick most aren’t always written on the board. They’re learned through stories read aloud, how teachers handle conflict, which kids get...
DEI for Kids: 5 Routine Opportunities to Teach DEI Values
Teaching kids about diversity, equity, and inclusion doesn’t require a color-coded calendar, a themed lesson plan, or an inspirational chalkboard in the kitchen. In reality, routine family life already offers...
DEI Parenting Hub: What Should I Say?
If you’re a parent, you’ve probably experienced The Moment. You know—the one where your child innocently asks a question so unexpectedly big, so socially complex, so cosmically adult that your...
DEI Parenting Hub: What NOT to Say When Discussing DEI with Kids
Avoid phrases that can unintentionally shut down curiosity, reinforce stereotypes, or teach kids to suppress honest questions. Even if you have good intentions, certain statements can work against the very...
The Quiet Erasure: What Parents of Schoolchildren Need to Know
The national surge in anti-DEI policies is creating a ripple effect that extends far beyond outright curriculum and book bans. Parents have a right to know what’s going on. Even...
Smart Ideas for Turning Everyday Events Into Inclusive Parenting Lessons
The truth is that kids learn DEI morals from the playground, the kitchen, and the car ride home. Everyday parenting is full of moments that can quietly (and playfully) build...
DEI for Kids: 5 Ways to Talk to Your Child About Injustice
Education has shifted dramatically this year, with many schools scaling back or eliminating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs. This has left a huge gap in how children learn about...
DEI for Kids - How to Discover Kids' True Opinion About Well . . . Anything
Gotta admit. Sometimes kids have an adorable way of avoiding the truth. Even when asked directly, their double-talk is so obvious it's kind of endearing. Or not. There are times when,...
Anti-DEI School Policies: What Parents Need to Know
Even in progressive school districts, anti-DEI policies and the broader climate of fear they engender are subtly reshaping the educational landscape for K-6 students, often in ways that go unnoticed but have profound long-term effects on children’s well-being.
Parents have a right to know what's going on.
DEI and Kids - Kindness Is Still a Thing
Children are unfortunately seeing images splashed everywhere of humans being treated unfairly. They need to know that’s not the right way to treat people. But instead of simply pointing out...
DEI at Home - How to Explain Immigration to Kids
Refugee? Immigrant? Emigrant? Most young kids (and adults too!) don't really know the difference, nor care. For kids, understanding the difference isn't nearly as important as seeing the humanness in all...
DEI at Home - Beyond the Acronym: DEI as a Parenting Imperative
Despite the current weaponization of the DEI acronym, instilling diversity and equality values into the minds of the next generation remains a parenting imperative. Beneath the heated DEI rhetoric lies...