Talking With Your Teen: Questions & Answers
Adolescence is a time of enormous change, physically, emotionally and socially. It is a difficult time for many parents. Young people say that they WANT to talk to their parents about sexuality, especially about values and relationships. They believe their Read more >>
Conversation Tools for Talking With Teens
Every parent of a teen has experienced it: that rare moment when your teen opens up and shares information with you about his or her life. It’s a joy. But every parent also knows that much of the time, talking Read more >>
You Matter: PBS Kids Read Along
You Matter! is a picture book that invites young readers to engage with the world in a new way and see how everyone is connected, and that everyone matters. Read more >>
PBS for Parents Resources for Talking to Young Children About Race and Racism [web resource]
Children are never too young to learn about diversity. As young as 3 months old, they may look differently at people who look like or don’t look like their primary caregivers. As parents and caregivers, we must have confidence in Read more >>
Anti-Racist Resources from Greater Good [web resource]
The mission at the Greater Good Science Center is to elevate the human potential for compassion. In response to the killing of unarmed black people by police, Greater Good gathered pieces from Greater Good magazine that explore our potential to Read more >>
Everyone has a racialized identity. Racialized identity has a major impact on a person’s life. Race is a defining social construct in American life. Talking about race, although hard, is necessary. The National Museum of African American History and Culture Read more >>
For Teachers and Parents—21 Anti-Racism Videos To Share With Kids [web resource]
The United States has a racism problem. The idea of tackling such complicated and hurtful topics in our homes and classrooms is daunting, but we can’t look away. We must face it. Fortunately, we live in a time when technology Read more >>
The New Adolescence: Raising Happy and Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction
The New Adolescence is a handbook for parents that offers road-tested, science-based solutions for raising happy, healthy, and successful teenagers. Read more >>
Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice [downloadable]
Whether you are the parent of a 3-year-old who is curious about why a friend’s skin is brown, the parent of a 9-year-old who has been called a slur because of his religion, or the parent of a 15-year-old who Read more >>
Nobody’s Free Until Everybody’s Free
Day 90. I’m not in my garage anymore. I’m out in the world again. But it’s an entirely different world than the one I left. The past three months, and particularly the past few weeks, have challenged everything I thought Read more >>
