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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My eight year old flashed this sign in a picture! I was shocked.  He doesn't spend time online, so the only thing I could think of is that he picked it up from another kid, who picked it up online or from a sibling.  To him, all he knew is that it was something funny/different/cool to do in a picture.

Even if this 12 year old did it on purpose, he's likely just doing it to be a jerk, not because he's a nazi or even racist.  He may not even know what it means, just that it's transgressive.  [/quote]

Mine too! When I questioned him he said it waz the circle game. When I told him people use it to mean something else and told him what, he was very upset and insisted I was wrong because kids at recess were doing it and its fhe circle game. When adults do it, I assume they know better. With kids, give the benefit of doubt.[/quote]

Truth.  I started to try to explain it to my 8 year old, but then I stopped, because the explanation made so little sense that I was worried that it would just hurt my ability to have good conversations with him about actual race/gender/religious discrimination issues, and actual racial slurs like the n-word.  I just left it as "you could get in trouble if you do that in a picture, and it hurts some people's feelings."  Would be easier to explain to a teen. 12 seems like on the border.  [/quote]

You need to do some more reading and research on how to talk with your kids about racism and hate. I have had productive conversations with my just-the dd 6 and 8 year olds and they know that there are words, symbols and gestures that they should never use. [/quote]

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