“Daddy, are black people and white people not going to be able to live together anymore?” — Abby
Try explaining to your 8-year-old about Brown v. Board of Education and the history of segregation in a couple of minutes after hearing about a Supreme Court case you both hear on NPR on a night when you buy your Christmas tree.
Parenting can be complicated.
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sex came up Sunday night. AJ is 8 and Amara is 10. That made for an interesting night.
Explaining ANYTHING to your kid gives you the opportunity to break it down, make it personal, and call it what it is.
I learned that after trying to explain to MY 8-year old what an “exotic” car wash was and why men would want to watch naked women wash their car.