Comments on: Talking Race with My 6 Year Old

By: Grogancr2011

Grogancr2011 — Fri, 25 May 2012 05:20:00 +0000

wow…. I can relate, almost… and i definitely can sympathize with you, i am not looking forward to the days when we start having to have these conversations, becasue following these, will be the ones concerning her father, not god in heaven, and not daddy, but her father, whom she doesnt know. however i can say that our older one seems to be helping or at least trying to help, they are funny and they want to be so much alike each other. that the older one paints her skin so that she can be the same as little sister. that was a shock for me when i saw her the first time, and had to find a way to approach that to both of them.

By: Patty Aizaga

Patty Aizaga — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:07:00 +0000

She really sound like a little lady! You are very blessed to be able to share these conversations from an early age. So precious!

By: Me and the Mexican

Me and the Mexican — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:59:00 +0000

What a beautiful post! It brought tears to my eyes reading you and your daughter’s conversation.

By: Silvia

Silvia — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:04:00 +0000

Melanie, this is a beautiful post! I can actually imagine her little voice asking you all this. Kids have beautiful minds we just need to listen and let them talk. Thanks for sharing!

By: Pamela Pajuelo

Pamela Pajuelo — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:15:00 +0000

Thank you for sharing such a lovely story. I wish all parents realized the value of discussing race with their children. What a different world it would be.

By: Faiqa

Faiqa — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:52:00 +0000

This post makes me so happy. I think discussing race with children early is very important… my discussion went the same with my daughter. I was a little disconcerted that in Florida there were two full days devoted to discussing Dr. King and none devoted to the topic here in Memphis. I think I’ll probably do something about that next year when the time comes around again. Great post per usual.

By: Ericka Sanchez

Ericka Sanchez — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:34:00 +0000

This is very sweet. My son is three years old but I’m gearing up to talk about this with him pretty soon.

By: Helena

Helena — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:26:00 +0000

I love the conversations with your daughter! What a lovely relationship you two have

By: Jessica @FoundtheMarbles

Jessica @FoundtheMarbles — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:37:00 +0000

We discussed this in our home last week My eight year old said, “I am so glad I don’t live in a time when people are so mean to each other.” Little does he know…

By: Denene Millner

Denene Millner — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:10:00 +0000

My God—how beautiful is this? Thank you for sharing your conversation with baby girl; I hope it’s a lesson to a lot of other parents that these are talks that NEED to be had with our kids so that we can learn that something as superficial as skin won’t stop our love from bringing more love. AWESOME post. (off to share!)