COVID-19 Shut Down
A Family Guide to Covid: Questions & Answers for Parents, Grandparents & Children
William Haseltine answers tough questions about Covid-19 honestly, with equal measures of clarity and compassion. As our understanding of COVID-19 evolves, so too will this resource. If you purchase, you will be given entry to a password protected section of the site. There, you can download subsequent editions freely, so you can be certain to have the most up to date answers to the most critical COVID-19 questions of the day.
William A. Haseltine, PhD, has an active career in science, business, and philanthropy. He is known for his pioneering work on cancer, HIV/AIDS, and genomics. He was a professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health and founder of its Division of Biochemical Pharmacology and Division of Human Retrovirology. He has founded twelve biotechnology companies, including Human Genome Sciences, and is the author of several books. Click here to gain online access.
Additional Resources – click on the links to access
School’s Out: A Parents’ Guide for Meeting the Challenge During the COVID-19 Pandemic — with list of additional resources at end
NYU LAngone Health
Talking with Children about Coronavirus Disease 2019
CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Just For Kids: A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus
NPR 3-minute audio
How teachers can talk to children about coronavirus disease
UNICEF
Racism • Inclusion • BLM
A Parent’s Guide to Black Lives Matter
Childcare platform Yoopies UK has created a free, downloadable guide for parents. Focusing on the Black Lives Matter movement, A Parent’s Guide to Black Lives Matter is designed to provide an easy-to-use resource to help parents start these important, but challenging, conversations with children of all ages.
Created to be family-friendly, the guide includes resources, tips, and advice to help teach children about racial inequality, racial hierarchies, and white privilege in modern-day society. It also includes advice and guidance on how we can combat racism today. Click here to download the guide.
Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice
Published by Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Created to be family-friendly, the guide includes resources, tips, and advice to help teach children about racial inequality, racial hierarchies, and white privilege in modern-day society. It also includes advice and guidance on how we can combat racism today. Click here to download the guide.
Anti-Racism for Kids: An Age-by-Age Guide to Fighting Hate
Published by Parents.com, a discussion of how parents can shield their children from—and shepherd them through—our changing world. Click here to access.
Additional Resources – click on the links to access
What exactly is a microaggression?
A Vox Media report
Everyday words and phrases that have racist connotations
A CNN report
For parents and younger children
How to Talk to Kids About Race (video)
Talking to Kids About Racism, Early and Often
They’re Not Too Young to Talk About Race
Raising Race Conscious Children
Engaging My Child: Parent Tip Tool (Early Childhood through Young Adults)
A TEDx Talk by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, nationally recognized authority on racial issues in America, a licensed clinical psychologist, and author of the best-selling Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? and Other Conversations about Race.
A video by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture discusses the ABCs of intersectionality, exploring the long legacy of women who shaped contemporary ideas about intersectionality, as they fought for equality both as African Americans and females.
Why Tolerance Isn’t Working
A discussion by the Girl Scouts on why other terms — diversity, inclusion, and celebrating our differences — are more appropriate.
Additional Suggested Books
20 Picture Books for 2020: Readings to Embrace Race, Provide Solace & Do Good
Parents and other caregivers are seeking resources to help them hold children through the current, terrible wave of racialized violence, which is exacerbated by the tensions and vulnerabilities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. A group of scholars, writers, and parents who use books to connect with our children and spark conversations with them have developed this book list to help engage the broad range of emotions and needs of diverse children in our multiracial society. In some cases, we’ve highlighted worthy, albeit lesser-known titles.
Nine books to help you understand race and dismantle racism
These recently-published books are a good starting point for discussions about racism and prejudice. Many are award-winning children’s titles that promote not just acceptance and racial equality, but also a deeper understanding of people who might be different than you. Even the fiction helps children live in the footsteps of someone else for a moment