Staying silent or telling a child to keep quiet is a strong message. “Even if adults don't talk to kids about race, children will work to make sense of their world and will come up with their own ideas, which may be inaccurate or detrimental.”Ī post shared by Sylvia Duckworth we don’t have honest conversations about race or if we dismiss children when they bring up someone’s skin colour, aren’t we missing out on a perfect opportunity to openly discuss and work towards combatting racism from an early age? “Children are capable of thinking about all sorts of complex topics at a very young age,” says Jessica Sullivan, the co-author of a study exploring perceptions around the best age to have conversations with children about race, published by the American Psychological Association. In addition, they think that talking about skin colour with young children may contribute to creating issues that don’t actually exist.įurthermore, some think that by not talking to children about skin colour and race, children will grow up “colour blind” and, therefore, won’t become racist. Many adults believe that children don’t see colour, so we shouldn’t be having these sensitive conversations from a young age. Let’s bust some of the myths & misconceptions! Children are interested in complex topics from a young age It’s important to address these questions and situations.
“I don’t want to play with her she looks different.”
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