I spy with my little eye...

[Flexin]

My son had me playing I spy today on the way to the babysitters. We played for about 5 minutes when he picked brown. I guessed the apartment building, dirt and one other thing and they were all wrong. So I told him I give up. He said "Its you daddy." :lol: I get a kick out of him.

James

[rogue]

My son had me playing I spy today on the way to the babysitters. We played for about 5 minutes when he picked brown. I guessed the apartment building, dirt and one other thing and they were all wrong. So I told him I give up. He said "Its you daddy." :lol: I get a kick out of him.

James

:lol: :lol:

Kids...gotta love'em! :D

[Particle Man]

hahahahahahaha that's the funniest thing I've heard all day. Kids are great.

[Mr Lefty]

your kid is a racist! :panic:


:lol: kids crack me up

[SteveP]

LMAO

On a serious note.

My son just started daycare here and he is in a much more diverse group than in the past. I'm having some trouble with him using words like "brown boy" to describe his classmates. He is only 4 and is just being descriptive, but I'm trying to make sure he knows it's not appropriate.

Any advice?

[Flexin]

LMAO

On a serious note.

My son just started daycare here and he is in a much more diverse group than in the past. I'm having some trouble with him using words like "brown boy" to describe his classmates. He is only 4 and is just being descriptive, but I'm trying to make sure he knows it's not appropriate.

Any advice?

My wife was talking to someone and my son asked who she was talking to. When she told him she said what color is she?

They notice things. Jayden at 3 would say that I was brown, grampy was dark brown, his mother was yellow, he was light brown and I forget what color he said his sister was.

We just explained to him that people look different and that we are still all the same. And just like with anything else we just explain what he can't say and why.

Its surprising how early these things come up. My brother is 12 years younger then me. I remember walking him home from daycare one day. He was crying because a girl gave candy to everyone but him because he was brown. The sad thing was in his daycare picture his face was kinda washed out so he almost looked white. He was crying and pointed to the picture and said if I looked like that today she would have gave me candy. That shit still feels like a stab in the chest to me to this day.

James

[KSGregman]

I grew up in a rural part of southwest New Hampshire....very conservative...very white. I was probably 10...maybe 11...before I ever saw a black person "in person." I remember tugging my Mom's sleeve and telling her "Mom!! Look!! His skin is black!" She, of course, was mortified and apologized to the man....then took me aside and asked me "what color was the wrapping paper on your favorite present last Christmas?" I told her I didn't know....she asked "Well, what WAS your favorite present last Christmas?" I told her the Evil Kneivel motorcycle stunt set....she said skin color was just like wrapping paper...superficial...easily forgotten...it was what was INSIDE a person that matter.ed..and was what you would remember.

That was 30 years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday. :idk:

[SteveP]

We just explained to him that people look different and that we are still all the same. And just like with anything else we just explain what he can't say and why.



This is the same approach my wife and I are taking right now.

[Apoc]

My uncles daughter was like 3 when she met her first black person. She looked at her mom and asked why her face was dirty. Its funny when seen through the innocent eyes of a child, lol.

[Flexin]

When my brother was 3 or 4 he said he was white with a little bit of brown on the back of his hands.

James

[Fleck750]

I told my son the planet is filled with different colored people, just like there are different colored birds, and wouldn't it be a boring place if there were only sparrows.

[njchopper87]

We just went over this in my psych class. I was surprised how early kids pick up on this, but I guess I really shouldn't be. Describing people as yellow, brown, light brown, etc is a significant jump in mental age. Just sitting them down and telling them straight that there are different colored people was identified as the best way to go about it, as you guys are saying. I wish I could remember more details, but I must have started day dreaming soon after that was said. My book is right over there... but.. eh..

[Avatard]

I grew up in a rural part of southwest New Hampshire....very conservative...very white. I was probably 10...maybe 11...before I ever saw a black person "in person." I remember tugging my Mom's sleeve and telling her "Mom!! Look!! His skin is black!" She, of course, was mortified and apologized to the man....then took me aside and asked me "what color was the wrapping paper on your favorite present last Christmas?" I told her I didn't know....she asked "Well, what WAS your favorite present last Christmas?" I told her the Evil Kneivel motorcycle stunt set....she said skin color was just like wrapping paper...superficial...easily forgotten...it was what was INSIDE a person that matter.ed..and was what you would remember.

That was 30 years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday. :idk:

This brought a tear to my eye. Your mom is brilliant for finding such a wonderful way to put things in a manner that a child would understand so well.

I applaud her, and only wish that more parents could hear this story.

I think many people could learn from it. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[HurricaneHeather]

I grew up in a rural part of southwest New Hampshire....very conservative...very white. I was probably 10...maybe 11...before I ever saw a black person "in person." I remember tugging my Mom's sleeve and telling her "Mom!! Look!! His skin is black!" She, of course, was mortified and apologized to the man....then took me aside and asked me "what color was the wrapping paper on your favorite present last Christmas?" I told her I didn't know....she asked "Well, what WAS your favorite present last Christmas?" I told her the Evil Kneivel motorcycle stunt set....she said skin color was just like wrapping paper...superficial...easily forgotten...it was what was INSIDE a person that matter.ed..and was what you would remember.

That was 30 years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday. :idk:

Holy shit, if I ever have kids I hope I am smart enough to teach my kids that way. That is amazing. :D

[Flexin]

This brought a tear to my eye. Your mom is brilliant for finding such a wonderful way to put things in a manner that a child would understand so well.

I applaud her, and only wish that more parents could hear this story.

I think many people could learn from it. Thanks for sharing it with us.

I agree it is a great way to look at it.

James

['73 H1 Triple]

:lol: :lol:

Kids...gotta love'em! :D

Little kids are brutally honest too. If some small child tells you that you're fat and ugly, you are. :yes:


I agree it is a great way to look at it.

James

:iagree: Very true

Jeff