Resources for Students

A collection of diverse voices

This section of Diverse Voices for Children offers a collection of books that include BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), Bi-racial, Multi-ethnic, and LGBTQ+ protagonists. In this section, you want to begin by reading the two articles below on supporting healthy racial identity development in children.

"A Place to Begin with Parents on Issues of Diversity" by Dora Pulido-Tobiassen, and Janet Gonzalez-Mena.

This excerpt discusses the racial identity development of children of color, and how providers, families, and communities can foster strong and healthy racial identity development in children of color.

In English | In Spanish

100 race-conscious things you can say to your child to advance racial justice - Raising Race Conscious ChildrenIn honor of Raising Race Conscious Children’s 100th post, this list lifts a quote from each and every blog post to date, modeling language that has actually been used in a conversation with a child regarding race (and other identity-markers...

Article

Anti-Racism For Kids 101: Starting To Talk About Race - Books For LittlesBooks to help kids to unpack racial bias so they can hear how ridiculous it sounds, think about where it comes from, and realize how it develops.

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Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup — Pretty Good

Talking Race With Young Children : Parenting: Difficult ConversationsEven babies notice differences like skin color, eye shape and hair texture. Here's how to handle conversations about race, racism, diversity and inclusion, even with very young children.

Podcast

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