This is the final installment of this series. Even if you have a teen at home or a young adult who is no longer at home, check out some of the previous blogs on this topic as well. Even some of the suggestions in the babies section will be applicable to you and your child. You should check the toddlers/preschoolers and school-aged kids posts as well. And if you are still not sure why it is important to talk about this stuff, find out why here and here. Leave a comment and let me know what you thought of the series. Enjoy!
Teenagers/Young Adults: I included young adult in here because once your kids are adults, they will encounter a whole other set of issues regarding race that they may have been shielded from when they were living at home. Don't stop the conversation when your kids leave the house! The brain continues to develop until a child is about 26 so even in their early 20s, they are still trying to make sense of the world. So keep it going well into adulthood.
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Mark
1/28/2016 07:17:39 am
In country with so much that divides us (politics, race, religion, etc.) I sense a real urgency to actively compete with the hundreds and thousands of messages of division that teenagers take in. I am fortunate to be in a profession that allows for rich discussion of race and culture. I find myself being mindful of the fact that some teenagers are more informed than others regarding issues of diversity. I think it is important for adults to do their best to assess each teenager's level of understanding and knowledge and being careful to not assume too much or too little.
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Carol
1/28/2016 08:55:42 am
I really like the content expressed in this post, particularly the part about being frank with young people and not sugar coating the realities of race. Ta-Nehisi Coates does a fine job of this in his book Between the World and Me.
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