How to Raise a Tolerant Child
A tolerant person accepts diversity and doesn't prejudge others on the basis of religion, race, or gender. If we are to live in harmony with others and seek cooperative solutions to conflicts, we need to focus more on our common humanity than on our differences. Tolerance also involves being flexible and accepting that others have the right to be who they are. How a person treats those who appear different depends to a large extent on what he or she is taught in childhood. Here’s how parents can teach tolerance to children.
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2 comments:
Ah! I really enjoyed the concrete examples this article shares -like giving children multicultural dolls, international food nights, and suggesting that they have an international pen-pal. Great ideas for furthering respect and equality for people of all backgrounds!
~Erika Atzl
Kids have such a great way of raising their voice about something they see as different. My son eagerly points out every person walking with a cane and asks "hey! Why is he/she walking with that?". I've come to enjoy these moments because they are so innocent and curios. I think our reaction to situations like that go a long way in teaching tolerance. We speak two languages at home and when my husband picks up our son from daycare the other kids will say "Why do you talk weird to him (not a lot of foreign languages where we live)". This always cracks me up, when the other kids discover the possibility of different language, you have to imagine its pretty mind blowing for them!
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