Comments on: Parenting Book Reviews: I’ve been wanting to do this for a while

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:52:14 +0000

I even like the title on the chapter about race- thinking about it, I guess it’s right that parents (teachers!) try to ignore race, which makes kids (students) suspicious. I’d like to read this book!

By: Rachel Henderson

Rachel Henderson — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:56:47 +0000

Erin, I think that the 2 most easy to describe things that I’ve changed are how I praise our kids and how we educate them about race. About 2 hours after I’d finished the race chapter Win was watching football and asked Jared why some of the players were brown. We jumped on the opportunity to explain to him why people have varying skin colors. Also, we’re now very careful not to tell him that he’s smart. We try to make observations about his behavior instead of declarations of his person. Read the book. I think you’ll really like it.

By: erin

erin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:22:10 +0000

Ditto to my sis. Rachel, what kind of things have you changed about what you do and say around your kids? Interested.

By: Denise

Denise — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:27:18 +0000

cool! thanks for the review. I will add it to my repertoire of books I recommend/give to parents and grandparents :)