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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you know what age you want to talk with your child about race? This is not to be funny, but you may want to stay clear of some schools. My DC school has been discussing race since K. I don't believe DC will be ahead of other blacks on dealing with race no more than I believe a kid starting reading earlier has any advantages.....but we do start pretty early with reading in this country. [/quote]

We started talking about race from the time DC was maybe 3? Not directly with deep and profound discussions, of course, but intentionally pointing out girls and boys with brown skin and saying, oh, what a beautiful baby! Look at those lovely chocolate eyes! Things like that. Because we are in a mixed-race family, we also talk about skin color and how daddy has pinker skin and mommy has browner skin (we use the word "golden" to describe our kids' skin color). I don't know what you mean exactly when you say that DC will be "ahead" of other kids in dealing with race, but it certainly seems that my children are much more comfortable in their skin than I ever was growing up in large part due to conversations about race they have at school and at home.[/quote]

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