Raising Inclusive Children: Our Latest Blog Articles
DEI at Home - How to Teach Kids to See Other Perspectives
Some kids seem to be born with an innate ability to comprehend others’ perspective. Other kids need a little push here and there to make sure they’re on the right...
DEI at Home - 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...
DEI at Home - How Does Anti-DEI Rhetoric Affect Kids?
I recently read an article explaining that a conservative group wrote a guide to provide parents with the “knowledge” needed to oppose DEI. After I finished reading the article and...
DEI at Home - 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...
Teaching Diversity at Home - How to Explain DEI to Kids
It's more important than ever for parents to ensure that their children grasp the foundational morals of diversity: equality and justice for all. However, diversity concepts are not easy for...
DEI at Home: How to Protect Kids from Anti-DEI Words and Actions
During the next four years, kids are bound to hear anti-DEI propaganda in the media, in your community, and at school. Helping them distinguish between the harsh reality of the...
DEI and Kids - 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...
DEI at Home - 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...
DEI at Home - 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...
Teach Diversity to Kids - How Do You Teach DEI at Home?
All of the DEI Parent Guidebooks we publish help parents guide their kids toward a healthy understanding of all different types of people. Whether those people are gay, transgender, disabled, poor, older,...
DEI at Home - How to Teach Empathy to Kids
Empathy is the ability to understand and be sensitive to other people's feelings by putting yourself (figuratively) in someone else's shoes. Some kids seem to be born with an...
Teaching Kids About Diversity - How to Explain Skin Color
Any parent who's had to stop in their tracks (and panic) when their child asks why someone's skin is so dark, will appreciate this simple answer: Your closeness to the...
