DEI for Parents - Blog Articles
How to Teach Kids Kindness Toward Immigrants
Refugee? Immigrant? Emigrant? Most young kids (and adults too!) don't really know the difference. For kids, understanding the difference isn't nearly as important as seeing the humanness in all foreigners. As parents, it's...
How to Teach Your Child Positive Reactions to Neurodivergent Traits
The purpose of this article is to help your child understand why people with mental differences sometimes exhibit unusual behaviors. The ultimate goal is to teach them to react to...
How to Answer Kids' Questions About Native Americans
Part of teaching kids about diversity is giving them truthful answers to their questions about Native American history. But as we respond to kids' history questions with the truth about Native Americans, their...
Who Was in America First? How to Talk to Kids About Native Americans
"No fair!" "Why do I have to do all the work?""But I was here first!"Sound familiar? Kids have their own rationale about how things work. No doubt about it.But as...
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 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 a recognized diagnosis at the time (1970s), but...
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...
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...
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 some steps for explaining it simply -...
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...