Hi there and welcome to episode 221. Our topic for today is how to talk to kids about race.

Hi, this is Deney. I'm the founder of Simple Families.

Simple Families is an online community for parents who are seeking a simpler more intentional life.

In this show we focus on minimalism with kids, positive parenting, family wellness, and decreasing the mental load. My perspectives are

based in my firsthand experience raising kids but also rooted in my PhD in

child development.

So you're gonna hear conversations

that are based in research, but more importantly, real life.

Thanks for joining us.

Thanks so much for tuning in, Day here, and this week I am participating in the

Amplify Melanated Voices Movement. If you're not familiar with that is, it is a

dedicated week to make space and amplify the

voices of people of color. In doing so it is my hope that I can help to

connect you to the people who have been doing real important work in the fields of

diversity and inclusion and racism. That means this week on social media and on the podcast,

you won't be hearing my own content and my voice.

Instead I'll be lifting up and introducing you to the content of others.

Now in many ways this feels like the right thing to do but I'll also tell you it feels kind of like the easy thing to do

because as a white person talking about my own implicit racial bias and my own ignorance around racism is uncomfortable and it's hard,

but it's something that I'm committed to continue talking about and continue working through

as well.

So while I'm thrilled to be able to amplify the voices of others who have already been doing this work and have so much to offer,

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