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Kids and Race

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by: foxymama Active Indicator LED Icon 14 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Nov 16, '15 1:46pm  
How do you explain race to a pre-schooler? My daughter has been making comments about peoples race that are concerning. I guess she gets it from school? 4951
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Maisey1 Active Indicator LED Icon 9
~ 8 years ago   Nov 16, '15 2:06pm  
Sadly, I can't even remember how well my kids could communicate at 3, but, when she says something concerning can you ask her why she said that and does she even know what she is saying? Then go on to explain your views on race and let her know that those sort of comments(whatever they might be) are not acceptable.  4951
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~ 8 years ago   Nov 16, '15 3:42pm  
What Maisey1 said. That is a toughy. My kids grew up in a integrated neighborhood. My DD did ask why there were so many different colored people when she was little. I told her because God couldn't decide if He had a favorite color so He used them all. We always discussed how important people's actions were instead of skin color, financial status, sexual orientation, gender- all that.  4951
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~ 8 years ago   Nov 16, '15 4:38pm  
People have different outsides.  They have different color skin and different faces.  That's how God made people, so they could live in different places on the Earth:  cold, hot, sunny, dark...But people are all people. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Nov 16, '15 5:46pm  
They just pick things up. Some guy was knocking at the door and I was in another room. I thought my parents were coming over so told my kid to look out the window and see who it is. She says real loud across the house, I DONT KNOW WHO IT IS MOM, SOME BIG WHITE GUY....LOL
 
Was so glad we were white or I would be horrified. But it really puts things in perspective that kids say what they see....lol 4951
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foxymama Active Indicator LED Icon 14 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Nov 16, '15 5:46pm  
Thanks.  Indeed to discuss it more with her and finds some children's books about it.  4951
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MarT Active Indicator LED Icon 9
~ 8 years ago   Nov 16, '15 6:59pm  
When my Dd was just a little thing, Kindie, I think.  We were standing in line at her school behind an African American woman and Dd asks me full our loud, "why is her skin so dark", I just said because that's how God made her, we are all different in many ways.  The woman turned around and thanked me.  We actually lived on military base, which are very diverse, so this just came up right then for what ever reason.  Just keep the explanations simple, they learn the most about treating others by watching us.  4951
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~ 8 years ago   Nov 16, '15 7:04pm  
Just keep the explanations simple, they learn the most about treating others by watching us. 
 
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This exactly.
 
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Maisey1 Active Indicator LED Icon 9
~ 8 years ago   Nov 16, '15 7:27pm  
When my Dd was just a little thing, Kindie, I think.  We were standing in line at her school behind an African American woman and Dd asks me full our loud, "why is her skin so dark", I just said because that's how God made her, we are all different in many ways.  The woman turned around and thanked me.  We actually lived on military base, which are very diverse, so this just came up right then for what ever reason.  Just keep the explanations simple, they learn the most about treating others by watching us. 
 
@MarT: My youngest was notorious for blurting out some pretty random stuff and I am not even sure where she got half the stuff from. Once we were eating out and she couldn't have been more than 2-3 when all of a sudden she stands up in the booth, points at a rather large man walking by and shouts "look at that man, he's really FAT!!!". My husband and I slowly sank down in our seats. Another time I was out with her (probably at church or something) when she decides to tell us "**** is a bad word" rather loudly. Mortified, I tell her Kellie, we don't say that. So she repeats it - "I'm just telling you **** is a bad word, we don't say ****". No we don't, Kellie, that is a very bad word. Then she keeps repeating it and the more I try to shush her the louder she gets till she is practically screaming "sh!it is a bad word!!"  Of course by now my older daughter is laughing at her and making her even more upset. I think I finally picked her up and got the heck out of there. I have no idea why she decided she needed to tell us that at that moment in time, but it makes for a good laugh for me still today.
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MarT Active Indicator LED Icon 9
~ 8 years ago   Nov 16, '15 7:38pm  
@Maisey1
 
So funny, can't even tell you how many times I've had to scoop up a naughty boy and remove him from the situation, lol. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Nov 16, '15 7:43pm  
Removed By Request 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Nov 17, '15 8:24am  
How boring the crayon box would be with only one crayon.
Never treat anyone in any other way than you would like to be treated. If more people practiced that, the world would know peace. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Nov 17, '15 8:56am  
Maybe this from Sesame Street?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIC2hHECZ6Y 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Nov 17, '15 10:46am  
My kids grew up right here in Kingwood with a black family next door, a family from India on the other side and a mixed race family across the street. (and people say we don't have diversity here!).  I think having playmates that all looked so different from each other at an early age helped them be rather matter of fact that we are all so different but also have much in common. But children will always be curious.  I think answering and discussing things honestly and exposing them to many different things helps them see a world bigger than the one they may be used to. I remember my husband driving my children through a really impoverished area of town to deliver Christmas gifts from church.  It was one of those unexpected learning moments so we seized the opportunity to discuss how some people do not have as much money as other people but it doesn't mean they don't have some very important other riches in their life.  4951
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foxymama Active Indicator LED Icon 14 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Nov 18, '15 9:22am  

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>> When my Dd was just a little thing, Kindie, I think.  We were standing in line at her school behind an African American woman and Dd asks me full our loud, "why is her skin so dark", I just said because that's how God made her, we are all different in many ways.  The woman turned around and thanked me.  We actually lived on military base, which are very diverse, so this just came up right then for what ever reason.  Just keep the explanations simple, they learn the most about treating others by watching us. 
 
@MarT: My youngest was notorious for blurting out some pretty random stuff and I am not even sure where she got half the stuff from. Once we were eating out and she couldn't have been more than 2-3 when all of a sudden she stands up in the booth, points at a rather large man walking by and shouts "look at that man, he's really FAT!!!". My husband and I slowly sank down in our seats. Another time I was out with her (probably at church or something) when she decides to tell us "**** is a bad word" rather loudly. Mortified, I tell her Kellie, we don't say that. So she repeats it - "I'm just telling you **** is a bad word, we don't say ****". No we don't, Kellie, that is a very bad word. Then she keeps repeating it and the more I try to shush her the louder she gets till she is practically screaming "sh!it is a bad word!!"  Of course by now my older daughter is laughing at her and making her even more upset. I think I finally picked her up and got the heck out of there. I have no idea why she decided she needed to tell us that at that moment in time, but it makes for a good laugh for me still today.
 
@Maisey1: That is freaking funny!  Well i am sure it was very akward and embarassing  at the time but extremely funny story.  
I think i will have some of those to tell too.  One time at Walmart, there was a large man checking us out and she said Mom, he is really big.   I was just glad she didnt say fat.When i was about 3 or 4 I repeatedly said " ****, dam, hell" at the dinner table when we had relatives over.  I am sure my parents were so proud, LOL!   4951
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