#93: How to Talk to Your Kids About Racial Differences with Trillia Newbell

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Josh + Christi Straub

Parenting, Relationships, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.9 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

We live in a beautifully diverse world. Unfortunately, our world is also plagued by racial and ethnic division.

As families, we can bring unity and change by embracing our differences. But it requires that we pass onto our kids what it means to walk in love, not fear—a lesson that's easier said, than done.

In this episode, author Trillia Newbell, sits down with us to discuss:

* How to talk to our kids about families who look different from ours
* Whether or not we should raise our kids to be "color blind"
* What it looks like for us as adults to model unity and love in our home
* How we should talk to our kids about the history of racial tensions
* And most importantly, how the gospel transcends racial and ethnic differences

Show Notes:

Trillia Newbell is the author of If God is For Me, a 6-week Bible study on Romans 8 (2019), Enjoy: Finding the Freedom to Delight Daily in God's Good Gifts (2016), Fear and Faith: Finding the Peace Your Heart Craves (2015), United: Captured by God's Vision for Diversity (2014), and a children’s book, God’s Very Good Idea: A True Story of God’s Delightfully Different Family. You can find her at trillianewbell.com and follow her on twitter at @trillianewbell.

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0:00.0	One of the things that people say often is, what do I do if my child points and says,
0:05.7	Mommy, look at that person with the dot on her forehead.
0:11.8	If you react in such a way that is fearful or shocked, they're like, oh, no, don't say that.
0:18.7	Don't say that. Don't say that. It breeds fear.
0:22.1	The kid is going to learn it is negative to see someone who is clearly different than my culture
0:32.7	and to ask about it.
0:35.1	That's a problem.
0:37.6	You're listening to the In This Together podcast with Dr. Josh and Christy Straub,
0:42.4	a podcast dedicated to helping you live, love, and lead well as a spouse, a parent, and a human being.
0:50.3	Because no matter where you're at on your journey, you're not alone.
0:55.4	We're in this together.
1:03.9	Welcome back to the In This Together podcast. We are interviewing a friend today, Trillia Newbell, and talking about an issue that we've had a lot of families ask about and want to talk about
1:10.3	and want to know how to talk about, and that is race.
1:14.5	And Trilia has written a children's book we're going to talk about today.
1:20.0	And really, this is a fabulous conversation, how we can talk about race and God's delightfully
1:25.8	good idea and creating all different races and nations
1:29.0	and tribes and tongues to our children and putting really the light of the gospel into that.
1:35.3	What does that mean for us?
1:37.6	And one of the cool things about Trilia is she and I are speaking together at an event called
1:41.9	the Parents Summit on February 23rd. It is hosted in a church
1:46.4	in Wisconsin, but it is a simulcast. And so if you're a pastor or a church leader and you want to
1:51.9	simulcast incredible parenting speakers into your church at a low cost, check out theparentsummit.com. We're going to put that in the show
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