Race issues/questions in children

[OneTimeSBX]

i wont say so much that she gets a daily dose of "black is beautiful" but i definately try to surround her with as many of those influences as i can. i want her to think that all cultures are beautiful, and that there isnt a superior one.

i read somewhere to focus more on culture and not race. there are blond haired, green eyed black women, so maybe she just needs to see that its not a "white thing" per se. its just a beauty thing.

[adpiucf]

I did a google search-- these are some age-appropriate books on color and diversity for your daughter that you can read together. You can address the issues and bond over story time. Black, White, Just Right! is about being from a mixed-race background.

Cisneros, S. (1994). Hairs = Pelitos. New York: Knopf.
Davol, M. W. (1993). Black, White, Just Right!. Morton Grove, IL: A. Whitman.
DeRolf, S. (1997). The Crayon Box That Talked. New York: Random House.
Harvey, K. (2002). When Chocolate Milk Moved In. Sterling, VA: Brookfield Reader.
Hoffman, M. (1991). Amazing Grace. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.
Kates, B. J. (1992). We're Different, We're the Same: Featuring Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets. New York: Random House.
Katz, K. (1999). The Colors of Us. New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston.
Kissinger, K. (1994). All the Colors We Are: The Story of How We Get Our Skin Color. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press.
Parr, T. (2001). It's Okay to Be Different. Boston, MA: Little, Brown.
Seuss, Dr. (1961). The Sneetches, and Other Stories. New York: Random House.
Simon, N. (1976). Why Am I Different?. Chicago: A. Whitman.
Spier, P. (1980). People. Garden City, NY: Doubleday.
Tarplay, N. A. (1997). I Love My Hair!. Boston, MA: Little, Brown.
Wood, D., & Muth, J. J. (2003). Old Turtle and the Broken Truth. New York: Scholastic Press.