Talk to Your Kids about Race :: Kirsten Watson [Ep 314]

Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Education

5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The topic of racial inequality and the need for reconciliation and education on race in America is a BIG. It can seem overwhelmingly big when it comes to teaching our kids how to be allies for people who are different from them.

My guest Kirsten Watson breaks down why we shouldn’t shy away from these conversations, but how to show our children the importance of diversity and how to righteously fight for what's right.

“As a believer, as my sister in Christ, the reason it's so imperative for you to have this conversation with your kids is because when it happens to my kid, when the joke is made, I need your kid to stand up for my kid. Because they know that my kid was made in the image of Christ and they know that God made us all different. That they would stand up for my kid, because my kid is any kid who is not white.”

Having these conversations with our kids and bringing it back to God's truth allows us to change the narrative and raise the next generation to continue to work toward racial unity.

Connect with Kirsten:

Website: https://thewatsonseven.com
Facebook: facebook.com/kirstenwatsonofficial
Instagram: @_kirstenwatson_

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0:00.0	Hey all, welcome back to the Don't Mom Alarm Podcast.
0:10.6	I'm your host Heather McFadian and this is the place where I'm going to walk alongside
0:15.5	you and connect you with people and resources so you know that you don't mom alone.
0:22.3	In this episode number 314, I have the privilege of chatting with Curson Watson.
0:29.9	And what I want the listeners to hear is that the reason why as a believer, as my sister
0:36.9	and Christ, the reason it's so imperative for you to have this conversation with your
0:42.7	kids as a believer is because when it happens to my kid, when the joke is made, whether
0:51.6	it be to be a joke to be funny or they're called that's for a very specific reason.
0:58.8	My sister and Christ, I need your kid to stand up for my kid because they know that my
1:05.2	kid was made in the image of Christ because they know that God made us all different.
1:11.2	And although we are different and different colors that he has no value, there is no
1:15.7	value of one over the other that was done by man, mankind.
1:20.9	That was done because of the world and because of sin and that they would stand up for my
1:25.6	kid, my kid, maybe it's specifically my kid, one of my seven, but my kid is any kid who
1:32.5	is not right.
1:35.1	And so if it's not for anything else but that your child would even hear it to know that
1:43.1	what was said was inappropriate, was disrespectful, was wrong, all the things that we teach our
1:50.4	kids not to say.
1:52.8	And so that's what I want you to hear when we talk about, you know, like sometimes we
1:55.9	just think it's not our issue, we won't talk about it.
1:58.8	My kid will teach our kids to love everybody and to be nice to everybody or whatever and
2:03.2	those things are great.
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