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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...
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Tagged: Racism
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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...
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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...
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DEI for Kids - 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,...
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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...
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Tagged: Empathy
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DEI at Home - How to Help Girls Find Their Passion in Life

Wouldn't it be nice if we all knew at an early age exactly what we were meant to do in this life? Yeah it would have been nice, but that's...
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Tagged: Gender Equality
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DEI for Kids - How to Get Boys to do Chores (without complaining)

First, don't ever call it a "girl" chore. And if your boy says it, you can remind him, gently, that there's so such thing as "girl" chores and "boy" chores....
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Tagged: Gender Equality
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DEI at Home - How to Create a Gender-Balanced Household

We need to help our kids grow confidently into gender equality so they can thrive once they reach adulthood. One of the best ways to do that is to create...
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Tagged: Gender Equality
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DEI for Kids - How to Teach Boys They're Part of the Solution

One of the goals of the steadily-growing gender-equality movement is for the next generation of young men and women to grow up in a society where mutual respect, support, and...
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Tagged: Gender Equality
Teach Diversity at Home - How to Support ASD Siblings

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...
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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...
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Tagged: Empathy Religion
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DEI at Home - Turn Taco Night Into a Kids' Culture-Awareness Party

When your child asks 'what's for dinner?' and you say 'tacos,' how many times have you gotten an eye roll? Never, right?Okay, there must be a few kids out there,...
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Tagged: Diversity Fun

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