How To Raise Inclusive Children
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 innate...
DEI at Home - How to Answer Kids' Questions About Disability
Kids ask some whopper questions in public. It's just what they do. For most parents, the natural instinct is to shush them and hope it goes away. But here's the thing. It's so...
DEI at Home - 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...
DEI and Kids - How to Break the Body Shaming Cycle
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...
Teach Diversity at Home - How to Support ASD Siblings
I grew up as the younger sister (by two years) of a brother with undiagnosed Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). ASD was not recognized at the time (1970s), but the effects...
Teach Diversity at Home - How to Explain the Israel-Palestine Conflict to Kids
Your kids are bound to hear something about the Israel-Palestine conflict from friends. And they'll no doubt come home and ask you what it means.Here are some steps for explaining it...