If drawing someone is a metaphor for, and a means to, truly seeing and honoring that person, then we must support all children to depict BIPOC characters as readily as they do White characters.

With the right attitude, resources and action plans, parents and other caregivers can help their kids love the skin they’re in and thereby help dismantle the discriminatory skin color hierarchies pervasive throughout the world.

Many children and youth see injustices in the world around them and want to address those injustices to create a better world. Here are some tips about how to support their leadership and work.

As adults in the lives of children, we play a crucial role in shaping how and what they learn about race. Here are some starting points for raising children who can be the thoughtful, informed, and brave about race.

These tips are designed to help parents of all backgrounds teach and talk to their children about race early and often by lifting up age-appropriate activities that can be incorporated easily into your daily life.

If you’re an adult who understands the importance of seeking out picture books that feature Black and Indigenous people and People of Color, it can still be challenging to know how to choose a good book from among what’s available on the “diverse books” market.

As a child psychologist who works with severely stressed young people, I am practiced at talking with children and their families about difficult topics that evoke “big feelings.” COVID-19 is such a topic.

How to use picture books to have meaningful, transformative conversations that “embrace race” with the kids in your life.