Resources about How to Talk to Children/Students about Race

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Click here for mental health resources from NAMI specific to African Americans

Click here for a link to the Smithsonian African American Museum and its information on race and talking to children about it

Click here for a link to Berkely's The Greater Good.  This website has loads of links to timely topics about racism and how to mitigate it

Click here for a link for raising Race Conscious Children

Click here to link to the Newlon Elementary School in LA.  This site has many links to audiobooks and video stories for elementary-aged children about race and like topics.

Tips to talk to children about race and violence by the Child Mind Institute

Infographic about talking to children about violence from NASP

Click here for an article about how to raise race-conscious children

click here for article and books and talking points for all ages from the Pretty Good blog written by Katrina Michie 

Click here for an article about why it is important to talk to your children about social identity

Click here for a link to the embrace race website with 8 tips for talking to your children about racial injustice

Click here for information about how to address race with young children from the embrace race website

A toolkit for everyone on how to talk to children about racism

Click here for a parent guide on preventing and responding to prejudice

Click here to link to information about how to Support Kids Of Color in The Wake of Racialized Violence: Part One

Click here to link to information about how to Support Kids Of Color Amid Racialized Violence: Part Two

Click here for a list of children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance

More book lists

Click here for information about how to support black LGBTQ youth 

Click here for a link to The Feel Good Flyer website, filled with resources and supports and coping strategies 

Click here for a social worker/therapist website with links to a variety of websites, books for children about racism, links to podcasts and presentations related to the Black Lives Matter movement, and so much more!

Click here for a link to an article about how to talk to children about race, an age-by-age guide

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