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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]

I don't have a hardline cutoff. In fact I don't have hard line cutt offs for most things and I prefer that we allow the need for the discussion to progress naturally. I wouldn't balk at my kid learning about it in K I'm just not convinced my DC is worse for wear because the school isn't introducing it at such an early age. I think compassion, equality, accepting others as they are, etc. should absolutely be taught early. However the idea of having hard core discussions about race relations with a 4 year old who may not have a concept of race yet seems like a lot. I know there are plenty of 4 year olds who may very well have that concept, But I know for certain my kid doesn't even realize they are of a particular race.[/quote]

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