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Nov 27 2018

Family Community Service

Family Community Service

Children thrive when they have important roles and responsibilities in their home, school, and community. The holiday season is a perfect opportunity for children to create or support a program that serves the needs of various cultural communities around the world. Kids can develop empathy and respect for diverse cultural communities while supporting their schools and communities with their families. Many schools sponsor clothing drives, gift collections, food collections, and emergency support programs for those affected from natural disasters. As part of their learning, students can learn about another country and culture as they participate in a cultural experience of community service. [Read more…]

Written by Mary Ann Burke, Digital Education Expert · Categorized: Elementary School Parenting, Parenting Adolescents, Secondary School Parenting · Tagged: Diversity, diversity at schools, family values, Gifts of Self, parent leadership, Parenting, school service days, teachable moments

Nov 20 2018

How Our Children Can Support Diverse Cultures

How Our Children Can Support Diverse Cultures

In this season of Thanksgiving, many of us meet with friends and family to celebrate our blessings. When reflecting on our culturally diverse friendships, the GenParenting bloggers have previously published blogs on how we can raise culturally sensitive children by modeling acceptance, sharing interests, participating in interfaith events, and partnering in community services and school activities. We have shared thoughtful experiences of how our children have shared their American culture with children from other countries. And we have celebrated various heritages at diversity events per the calendar of events at www.diversitycentral.com.   [Read more…]

Written by Mary Ann Burke, Digital Education Expert · Categorized: Early Childhood Parenting, Elementary School Parenting, Grandparenting, Parenting Adolescents, Secondary School Parenting · Tagged: cultutral sensitivity, Diversity, diversity at schools, family values, Parenting, parents as teachers, teachable moments

Jun 26 2018

Talk About Cultural Sensitivity

Talk About Cultural Sensitivity

During 4th of July celebrations, we typically discuss the diversity and cultural sensitivity of our nation’s population. Through these discussions, I have learned:

  • “When people show you who they are, believe them” per Maya Angelou.
  • Be open to embrace other cultures.
  • We may not know a person’s cultural norms.
  • Listen and trust that a person does not mean ill will unless their actions speak differently.

[Read more…]

Written by Yvette King-Berg, College Readiness · Categorized: Elementary School Parenting, Parenting Adolescents, Special Needs Family Health, Teens Family Health · Tagged: #problem solving #parenting teens, cultural sensitivity, Diversity, diversity at schools, Family, family values, teachable moments

Mar 27 2018

Raising Culturally Sensitive Children

Raising Culturally Sensitive Children

The current political climate in our country continues to challenge families with how to teach their children about cultural sensitivity. Some children love having friends with different backgrounds and cultures. Others have little exposure playing with diverse populations of children. Still, other children are from families who are afraid of (or do not wish to interact with) other ethnic groups or cultures. [Read more…]

Written by Joyce Iwasaki, Early Parenting · Categorized: Early Childhood Parenting, Elementary School Parenting, Social-Emotional Health · Tagged: culturallty sensitive children, Diversity, diversity at schools, Educating children, teachable moments

Nov 21 2017

How to Reduce Bullying at School

How to Reduce Bullying at School

Each day our children are exposed to incidents of teasing, criticizing, and belittling. How children respond to these subtle, but destructive statements, can make a huge difference in their daily experiences at school. For example, one child may tease another at lunch about what he is eating. It may be that the child has food allergies and cannot eat certain foods. In another situation, a child may be eating foods that are unique to a culture. Regardless of the reason, children must learn to respect the individual differences of their classmates. Most schools focus on teaching children how to get along with others. Many schools grade children on their behavior with their classmates and their teacher. In California, schools have established strict guidelines on how students are to report bullying incidents to their teacher and school personnel. [Read more…]

Written by Joyce Iwasaki, Early Parenting · Categorized: Early Childhood Parenting, Elementary School Parenting, K-8 Family Health · Tagged: bullying, diversity at schools, Early Parenting, Educating children, family values, managing conflict, Problem-Solving, teachable moments

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