Last updated on June 3, 2020
We all want to live in a safe world. Most of all, as parents, mothers, we all want to raise our children in a safe environment & to teach them to be empathic, respectful and confident kids.
Kids absorb and reflect so much more than we realize.
Rebekah Gienapp
But what exactly should we be talking about with our kids to make them feel this way.
This week’s guest is a mother, a minister and a social justice educator and activist herself. She writes about this daily on her blog The Barefoot Mommy and her ultimate goal is to educate parents on how to raise kids with a mission of diversity, inclusion and justice ranging from topics about racism, homophobia, immigration, poverty, gender equality, homelessness, disabilities and much more!
4 creative activities that teach children
about social justice
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If you don’t know where to start or what to say to your kids to make them understand the importance of not judging others that are different then look no further…she’s got you covered with her many articles and kid friendly activities.
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What you’ll learn in this episode:
0-4:50 Intro
4:50 Being mindful of the amount of power we have on our kids.
8:05 Why she became a social activist
12:00 Parents and Teachers read and follow her online resources
13:20 How old a child can start saying racial comments
15:30 How her environment has shaped how she views people of color.
17:45 What you can do as a parents to normalize your child’s views of different people.
20:00 Using books to teach kids about social justice
21:00 What has a real impact on kids regarding social justice.
21:45 What to say?
23:00 Peace Camps for Kids
28:30 Talking about proper living wages to kids.
30:00 You can get her curriculum to start your own peace camps for kids
31:00 Kids are capable of having brave conversations while having fun
34:20 This is an inappropriate topics for preschool age kids
36:15 Parenting tips: Ways to practice social justice with your kids.
39:30 Your child might get interested in a specific social justice issue…
40:00 How kids can participate in social justice issues.
42:00 Microaggression in kids as a form of discrimination
45:00 When should we intervene with kids and discrimination
49:00 Gender Identity…let’s talk about it so kids understand it
53:35 Talking to our kids about immigration
54:15 What is ‘Two Feet Of Service’
56:30 Giving money to homeless people
57:50 Her focus is currently on White Children & People with Disabilities & Disabilities Rights
59:00 Her hopes for the future
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Resources mentioned in this episode:
- EBOOK – Raising Anti-Racist Kids (an age by age guide)
- Book – Parenting Forward: How to Raise Children with Justice, Mercy, and Kindness by Cindy Wang Brandt
- Facebook Group – Raising Children Unfundamentalist
- Recommended Books on diversity for kids such as The Barefoot Book of Children, I Am Jazz, Mama’s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration & Separation
- Peace Camps for kids
- The Trevor Project-LGBT
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