Explains amp quot ouch moments amp quot in kid-friendly terms, offers practical strategies for what kids can do to help, and empowers kids to stand up to mean and hurtful language.
Microaggressions or amp ldquo ouch moments, amp rdquo as they are referred to in the story, are brief exchanges where an indignity, insult, or slight is expressed-whether intentionally or not-from one person to another. For instance, when children use words like amp ldquo lame amp rdquo or amp ldquo gay amp rdquo to mean that something is bad, weird, or different, they communicate a message that having a disability or being part of LGBTQ+ community is equal to being bad, weird, or different. Children likely are not trying to be hurtful they may just be repeating words that they have heard in the past and may not realize the discriminatory connotations.
Young people have a wonderful capacity to care about each other. However, they need guidance, mentoring, and modeling from adults to understand the impact of their words and behaviors. A Note to Parents and Caregivers by Kevin L. Nadal, PhD, provides more information about microaggressions, and strategies for talking to children about hurtful language, discrimination, and bias.
Excerpt:
When a bee stings, Ouch! That hurts!When your finger gets caught in a closing door, that hurts a lot.Hearing a mean or hurtful word hurts a lot, too. When other kids say something mean or hurtful, it is hard to know what to do.
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Michael Genhart, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in San Francisco and Mill Valley, California. He lives with his family in Marin County.
He received his BA in psychology from the University of California, San Diego and his PhD in clinical and community psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Kalli Dakos is a former reading specialist and frequent visitor to schools all over Canada and the U.S. and as far away as Hong Kong.
Viviana Garofoli has illustrated more than 20 children's books and contributed many editorial and textbook illustrations in Argentina and Puerto Rico.
