4 Easy, Everyday Ways To Teach Your Kids About Representation
Huff Postmonkeybusinessimages via Getty Images Picture books can be a powerful way to teach kids about the importance of representation — and to steep them in diversity from a very young age. “They assume that by introducing this topic to their children through any conversations or media, they’re going to somehow introduce something that they don’t see,” Aronson said. “Parents should message to children at an early age that ‘diversity’ is not just a nice-to-have, feel-good goal but is a smart goal.” Load up on ‘cross group’ and ‘any child’ books and media One of the best ways to disrupt biases early on is to “bring children together across difference,” which is harder than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic, Aronson said. So look at your kiddos’ library: Are there “cross group” and “any child” books that feature children of different races and genders? “What these books have in common is that they promote values of diversity and inclusion in memorable stories about interesting characters ― stories that ‘show’ rather than ‘tell,’ thus grounding abstract concepts like ‘inclusion’ in examples of real people having authentic experiences and processing genuine feelings,” said Huybrechts.
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