Posted on August 25, 2020 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
We have a set of responsibilities as parents this (and every) school year in educating our children to think and act with social awareness. One of these responsibilities is their racial and cultural education. Though numerous schools will not adequately address learning about racism, its origins, understanding white privilege and power, and what it means …
Posted on August 23, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
I’m gonna hold onto this couch and never let go! – E. Miller, Age 6 It’s the morning after our summer vacation at the lake. E awoke and said he had had a nightmare. “My school became a haunted village. A ghost dragged me around the grounds. And all of my school friends were at …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Back to School anxiety, Back to school stress, back to school transition, beginning of school, confidence with back to school, first contacts with teachers, kids back to school, parenting with social awareness, parents and back to school, smooth morning routine, social and emotional skills in first weeks of school, social anxiety, Social awareness
Posted on May 16, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
By Guest Writer, Nikkya Hargrove Since I can remember, I have always wanted to be married. As a child, I found myself daydreaming about creating a family and a life with someone else but especially, having children. And as I played house with my Cabbage Patch Dolls, I imagined they were indeed my own children. …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Community support, Cultural heritage, Diverse communities, Diverse families, Diversity appreciation, Families and communities, Family diversity, Gay, Kids sense of self, Lesbian, parenting and cultural heritage, parenting with cultural awareness, parenting with self-awareness, parenting with social awareness, Transgender
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