Something to remember in the early days of teaching antiracism in your home is to build the foundation of biology before tackling the bigger stuff. It can feel overwhelming in the beginning, perhaps there is some uncertainty over how to best approach this topic with your children. However, I found that once each of my children gained a good solid understanding of the biology, we naturally started moving onto discussions about unfair treatment, injustice, equality, history, ra

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The short answer? YES! and perhaps earlier than you might think. Many parents and caregivers worry that drawing their child's attention to racial differences and identities may create an awareness or a divide that wasn't there in the first place. With the best of intentions, it would be easy to assume that providing we do our best to raise a good and kind young person, we can approach any observations or questions surrounding differences with a "we are all equal, no matter wh