Raising Inclusive, Just and Socially Aware Children - with Dr. Lucretia Carter Berry - The A-Parently Podcast #14

It can be a parent's nightmare.You're in the grocery store, and a person who looks or acts differently than your family walks into view of your child.And before they even ask their cringingly loud, yet innocent question, you know it's going to be an awkward situation.What if it didn't have to be like that?What if our kids were raised with the mindset that difference was something to be noticed and celebrated?What if our kids understood the histories of inequity and injustice that have made our generation quick to categorize, "other" and judge - and made an active choice to be more compassionate?Well, as Dr. Lucretia Berry shares with us in this episode, it's not as hard as we might think to get our kids there.With intention, dedication and a commitment to co-learning with our children, combined with some extremely easy-to-implement strategies, we can help kids use their natural curiosity and propensity towards justice to give them a head start on being a socially aware citizen in our modern society.-Lucretia Carter Berry, PhD is the founder of Brownicity, an agency committed to making important, scholarly-informed, antiracism education accessible, and the director of it’s online membership platform, which currently hosts over twelve thousand enrollments. With the tagline Many Hues, One Humanity, Brownicity’s mission is to foster education designed to inspire a culture of justice and true belonging for all.A former college professor, Lucretia designed Brownicity’s flagship course and study guide, What LIES Between Us - Fostering First Steps Toward Racial Healing (2016) and authored Hues of You - An Activity Book for Learning About the Skin You Are In (2022). She is a Curriculum Specialist for Community School of Davidson (NC), a contributor for (In)courage.me, and a TED and Q-Ideas speaker. She is married to Nathan; they have three daughters and two aussiedoodles.Lucretia earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction and MA in English from Iowa State University, and her BA from South Carolina State University.Follow Lucretia on Instagram and Brownicity on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Lucretia finds joy in prayer, dancing, and dark-chocolate covered cashews!The A-Parently Podcast is made possible by the following incredible North American Summer Camps:Birch Trail Camp for GirlsCheley Colorado CampsLiberty Lake Day CampNorth Star Camp for BoysCamp Wawenock for Girls