Anonymous wrote:Don't just talk about racial and ethnic slurs. The conversations about the fact that all human beings have inherent dignity and respect should start early, and continue regularly, along with making sure your kids know they shouldn't call "anyone" any kind of name. Not dumb, not stupid, not fat, not stringbean, not anything. And make sure you don't call others names in front of them. If they hear this message enough, it will naturally make them more adverse to using racial and ethnic slurs when they start to hear them.
Here's a good resource to start with.
http://www.civilrights.org/publications/reports/talking_to_our_children/?referrer=https://www.google.com/ And I really like the Teaching Tolerance website, and its Facebook Feed. It's geared toward teachers, but it's good for parents, too.
http://www.tolerance.org/
When they come home with questions or comments, help frame it for them in context of your values (which I hope and will assume are ones of inclusiveness and respect).
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