Raising Inclusive Children: Our Latest Blog Articles
How to Teach Kids Kindness Toward Immigrants
Refugee? Immigrant? Emigrant? Most young kids (and adults too!) don't really know the difference, or care. For kids, understanding the difference isn't nearly as important as seeing the humanness in all foreigners. As...
How to Explain DEI to Kids
Trump's "victory," ironically, made it more important than ever for parents to ensure that their children grasp Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion's (DEI's) enduring foundational principles: equality and justice for all....
Kindness Is Still a Thing
In the near future, children will be seeing images splashed everywhere of humans being treated unfairly. They need to know that’s not the right way to treat people. It’s time...
Generational Bonding on Christmas
Christmas day usually starts out festive and hopeful. But as the hours tick by, busy parents in the kitchen can’t help but hear the loud silences in the other room...
How to Explain Neurodivergent Behavior on Christmas
The holidays can be a sensory-overload nightmare for neurodivergent kids. The purpose of this article is to help your neurotypical child understand why people with mental differences sometimes exhibit unusual...
How Do You Explain Indigenous Americans to Kids?
"No fair!" "Why do I have to do all the work?""But I was here first!"Sound familiar? Kids have their own rationale about what's fair and what isn't. No doubt...
How to Discover What Your Child Truly Thinks
Are pinky swears sacred? Sometimes it's hard to tell what kids are really thinking. Even when they offer to pinky swear, there can be lingering doubts. It IS possible, however,...
How to Guide Boys in the Age of Girl Power
The increasing growth of the girl power movement has helped girls feel more emboldened to embrace their uniqueness, strength, and confidence. While this is a good thing, it can sometimes...
Beyond the Acronym: DEI as a Parenting Imperative
Despite the latest 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...
How to Explain Neurodiversity to Kids Simply
Neurodiversity (mental differences) can be an abstract notion and often hard to understand, especially for children. This article is for parents (or whomever) with a child in their lives who is curious...
How to Take Your Child to a Pride Parade
Despite the latest mind-boggling opposition, acceptance of diversity and inclusion is steadily progressing. Agreed, progress has been super slow, but the good news is that it is moving forward. Most parents want...
How to Break the Body Shaming Cycle and Raise an Accepting Child
Summer time is here. That means all kinds of body shapes and sizes are more visible and vulnerable. It also means it’s time for parents to be super aware of...