'Expose them, whether it's after school or at school, to people who are different from them. ... Make sure that your kids understand that you value difference.' OnPointRadio gathers advice for talking to your kids about protests, racism and George Floyd.
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"Any sort of confrontation, of conflict, can be scary. So, yeah, I was scared. I wasn't overwhelmed by being scared. But, yeah, I was certainly scared. But I think one thing I always try to keep in my head, whenever I'm engaged in any sort of conflict, because there's always conflict in our society. You don't want to seek it out, but at the same time, I'm not afraid of it either.
On Point spoke to Ishmail Abdus-Saboor yesterday about how his family is processing the news of this week. As a black parent of two kids, he knew it was time to talk to them about what was happening blocks away from their home in Philadelphia.I look scared as I was telling him these things. And I could equally see the fear on his face as I was sharing with him.
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