Guest: Alina Cervantes, Professor of Early Childhood Education and Department Chair at American River College
The killing of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor and the protests that have convulsed the country have been impossible to ignore and are leading to some very long overdue discussions about the need for police reform, racism and white supremacy. These conversations are complex and fraught for adults to have, so one can imagine the difficulty some non-BIPOC parents might have discussing these issues with their young children. It is imperative for parents to have the tools to broach these topics head on as children will form an opinion on what they see no matter what.
To find out useful tools and strategies we talked with Early Childhood Education Professor and Department Chair Alina Cervantes. She walked us through her own conversation with her young daughter, the checklist of strategies she recommends to all parents and the importance of this conversation becoming as commonplace as other difficult conversations parents undertake with their children all the time. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT AND USEFUL TOPIC PARENTS PLEASE TUNE IN!
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