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Since no one is asking, here's a starter set of ideas for parents to better innoculate their kids from radicalizing into hate- or violence-based worldviews: Making sure kids feel truly seen and heard, ensuring their voice has genuine agency in their lives 1/
making sure the feel genuinely loved for who they are and chose to be--and that they feel able to give love, to facilitate meaningful connections to things greater than themselves, 2/
to identify and holistically address trauma (environmental trauma, divorce, bullying, sexual trauma, violence, etc.), to encourage the deep seated belief that they belong to themselves, to eliminate a sense of meritocracy and achievement oriented worth and value, 3/
to introduce and insist upon complexity when viewing personal and world events and problems, to consider voices and points of view other than those similar to their own, to encourage questioning, to identify how ideas and products are marketed to them. 4/
to commit to being transparent works in progress ourselves, to commit especially to our own authentic journey of unearthing and dismantling our own relationship with violence, oppression, and white supremacy.
