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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the preschool age and younger I focus on being aware of and celebrating diversity. In our home the baby dolls, little people & duplo figures are multicultural. I'm still working on collecting more picture books reflecting diversity and welcome suggestions and criticisms for ones out there. [/quote]

No way am I telling my 3 and 4 year old children what is going on in the world. They are children. I will not burden them with this.[/quote]

My 3 year old is still mixing up breakfast, lunch, and dinner (aka she’ll wake up from nap and say ‘mommy are we having breakfast now?’). No way she can understand systemic racism. She goes to an exceptionally diverse preschool and we have books that celebrate diversity.

As a Jew, I didn’t learn about anti-Semitism until I was 6 or 7. That’s when I learned that there are people in this country who think I’m going to hell and want to kill me. I don’t think it’s necessary to discuss with a 3 year old white supremacy, whether it’s in the form of anti-Semitim or anti-Blackness. If you celebrate diversity with them, you will create a foundation of acceptance. That’s the first step. [/quote]

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