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EPISODE · Oct 11, 2021 · 32 MIN

How to Teach Kids Empathy with Reading

from Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things

In episode 623, I am bringing back a great chat about education, culture and children.  Listen as I chat with Mijha Godfrey who is a mom and a lawyer found a large need for parents needing books for kids of color to showcase stories that showcased them and their greatness.     Listen as she chats about: Why empathy is important How media and books effect us and why representation is important Why you don't have to overcome and you can just be Why only a small group of fiction books that star a child of color are available and how she's finding them and sending them to kids with her company Jambo Books and how she's encouraging more people of color to author books as well Why she suggests there needs to be more opportunities for authors of color and would love to see more publishing companies help foster them Is it a parents job to teach empathy  How to showcase how we look different but that it's also beautiful Try our voice skill on Amazon Alexa here or Google Assistant here or by saying "Open Extraordinary Mindset."  Like our page and check out our LIVE video interviews here.

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