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[quote=Anonymous]Thanks, 14:31. No, not in DC, though plenty of similarly historic places in our city that could prompt similar conversations (and we will be back this summer and definitely planning to hit the Smithsonian this time since our last trip was during the shutdown, so can certainly extend the dialogue then!)

And yes, I definitely consider these as teaching moments vs. discipline moments, too. Certainly DS does not seem to understand yet that it is not okay to judge people or treat them differently based on race, so we need to instill that concept. But more broadly, he *is* allowed to like or dislike people on his own terms--I'm not planning to force him to be friends with everyone. I *do* plan to force him to treat everyone well and fairly, though, and I want him to understand how his thinking is flawed in making a play v. don't play determinations based on skin color, rather than based on getting to know the kids or the hairdresser, or whoever. (I will note that after the comment and subsequent discussion about not playing with kids with dark skin at the party, we went to said party, where he played plenty with all of the kids, including several kids of color, and I didn't hear a word about it afterwards--I debated bringing it up to remind him that he'd had fun playing with everyone, but wasn't sure if that would help or hurt.)[/quote]

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