Some of our happiest days were when our home was filled with our children and their friends whose family origins began in a wide variety of countries and a variety of sexual identities. We had a rainbow rich with learning, laughing, and loving and we came to know, first hand, that what we all hadContinue reading “What Do Our Youth Need?”
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Why are His Hands so Dirty?
My mother tells the story of the first time I saw a person of color when I was very young. The person was someone we had seen while we were out shopping or something and I not so quietly blared, “Why are his hands so dirty?” (I was a curious very young child.) and IContinue reading “Why are His Hands so Dirty?”
How Do I Answer That Question?
Kids notice random things and they ask SOOOOOOOOOO many questions. Sometimes the questions are never ending but that’s a good thing. They are thinking and learning. Once in a while it’s fun to ask them, “What do you think?” then “Why do you think that?” Praise guesses and reasoning when they’re wrong but not falsely.Continue reading “How Do I Answer That Question?”
POSITIVE KIDS 