047: Black Lives Matter

Parent Driven Development Episode 047: Black Lives Matter, How to be Anti-Racist, How to Talk to Your Kids about BLM 00:20 Black Lives Matter Movement 02:00 How NOT to raise racist kids Allison and Kwu both have young kids, so conversations are slightly different Gender inequality talks Explaining to kids how and why people are treated differently in different areas Changing the language in the house: racism, violence, hate 07:50 Exposing pictures, graphics and videos to your children, no matter the age. What's appropriate? Protesters getting arrested Bail rates vary depending on race Children are very intuitive and understand more than we think 11:30 How to talk to young kids about BLM Bi-racial and how they are often judged by their outer appearance Comfortability amongst couples and how to lean into these conversations with their children 17:40 Rallies, protests and how to support Different forms of support during BLM COVID is still relevant Amplifying POC voices Daily threads on educational resources, city statuses, anti-racism resources, action items 25:10 How can we make our world better together Opening the conversation about anti-racism with friends, family, community members Focusing on the growth of our children to be anti-racist 28:45 Genius / Fail moments Allison’s son struggles with life after the virus as he starts to jump on their nerves from a relaxed approach at the beginning of quarantine #fail KWu focuses on finding a chinese immersion school for her son but it he jumps into the wrong level and doesn’t understand much and is a bit of a mess from lunch right before #fail RESOURCES: BLM and how to talk to you kids about racism Anti-Racism Resources Black Lives Matter for Families Webinars for Anti-Racism WOKE Kindergarten How to Talk to Your Kids About Racism Books on Social Justice for Young Readers Raising Race Conscious Children Talking About Race: The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture BOOKS: These are books that we found to be helpful in unlearning old beliefs and learning more about modern day racism. A Kids Book About Racism So You Want To Talk About Race How to Be an Antiracist The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism How can I support the podcast? Please follow us @parentdrivendev on Twitter or email us at [email protected]. Our website is at ParentDrivenDevelopment.com. Support us via Patreon and get access to our our Slack Community! *As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Panel Allison McMillan Katherin Wu