012: Children Are Not Colorblind & How To Talk About Race

The Parenting Presence - A podcast by Julia Pappas, Psychologist & Parent Coach

Someone spread this idea that since children are born colorblind, and are not likely to show prejudice, and that adults also can become colorblind in their social interactions. Hmmm... Not only are children very color-aware, but they also do display racial prejudice as young as at two years of age. Everything depends on how they were brought up. Since color-blindness is not really a thing when it comes to race, how do we address that with our children? What kind of work we do with them? What do we teach them and how?   This and more, in Episode 012.  

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