Reply to How to talk race and diversity with a preschooler?

Forum Index » Infants, Toddlers, & Preschoolers

Reply to "How to talk race and diversity with a preschooler?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Holy shit, if my kid said that her entire world would stop. "How would you feel if all the kids with the coolest toys wouldn't let you play because you're white? We are all the same on the inside. We all bleed red blood. Our own president is black. You really wouldn't play with his daughters because they have dark skin?"

I would make it VERY clear RIGHT AWAY that we don't treat people poorly or ignore them because of how they are born! [/quote]

And your stridency and overreaction would be wildly inappropriate.

It's not uncommon for kids that age to express a dislike for someone with "dark skin" or "light skin." You don't shame them for feeling that way. It's normal. They're trying to articulate something but can't quite do it, and skin color is something they notice right away.[/quote]

Wrong, wrong and wrong.  Shame is a valuable emotion and this is something I would absolutely risk shaming them for.  This is hate speech and needs to stop NOW.  It is NOT normal to form a like or dislike to the color of a person's skin!!!  I was a preschool teacher for ten years before I became a mother and I have NEVER heard this as a normal stage of development either in work or when I was getting my degree.

Children notice differences.  Children are not naturally wired to form judgements based on physical differences.

I would stop this behavior immediately, OP, and make it clear to DC that his feelings/thoughts on this are incorrect.[/quote]

OMG. I am saying a prayer of gratitude that you are no longer a preschool teacher. You clearly know nothing about child development and have very extreme views on things. Praise the LORD you will only exude influence over your own children, although that's bad enough.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics