Talking With Kids About Race: How to Promote Courageous Conversations

We see images and hear conversations about racial injustice almost every day. As a parent, you might find it easier to be silent or ignore, but it’s important to view these as opportunities to talk with your kids about what they are seeing and hearing.

How do you have those conversations with your kids? For each family, this conversation might look a bit different, depending on your own heritage and experience. In this Voices of Compassion podcast, we talk with Dr. Gloria Morrow, a nationally recognized clinical psychologist, speaker and author, about how to talk with your kids about race and racism.

Gloria Morrow, PhD, is one of the nation’s leading clinical psychologists and is the Director of Behavioral Health for Unicare Community Health Center. Dr. Morrow is a Master Trainer for the CBMCS (California Brief Multicultural Competency Scale) Training Program, and she helped to develop the training curriculum. In addition, she has facilitated several workshops and seminars focusing on cultural competency issues.

Her work surrounding the role of Spirituality in recovery has gained notoriety with the development of a three-day training and handbook entitled S.A.F.E. (Spirituality and Faith Empowers) to equip the faith community and mental health professionals to help hurting people. Dr. Morrow also speaks on topics focusing on trauma and domestic violence. Dr. Morrow serves as a leadership coach who helps leaders to become more effective leaders, and organizations to become better organized and equipped for success.

All Voices of Compassion podcast episodes are available on-demand to stream or download. Listen to Talking With Kids About Race: How to Promote Courageous Conversations online at podcasts.chconline.org. You can also subscribe to Voices of Compassion on Apple podcasts, Spotify and other podcast apps.

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