Raising Antiracist Children

A Practical Parenting Guide

By: Britt Hawthorne

Narrated by: Stephanie Keiko Kong

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A must-have guide to raising inclusive, antiracist children from educator and advocate, Britt Hawthorne.

Raising antiracist children is a noble goal for any parent, caregiver, or educator, but it can be hard to know where to start. Let Britt Hawthorne—a nationally recognized teacher and advocate—be your guide. Raising Antiracist Children acts as an interactive guide for strategically incorporating the tools of inclusivity into everyday life and parenting. Hawthorne breaks down antiracist parenting into four comprehensive sections:

• Healthy bodies—Establishing a safe and body-positive home environment to combat stereotypes and create boundaries.
• Radical minds—Encouraging children to be agents of change, accompanied by scripts for teaching advocacy, giving and taking productive feedback, and becoming a coconspirator for change.
• Conscious shopping—Raising awareness of how local shopping can empower or hinder a community’s ability to thrive, and teaching listeners of all ages how to create shopping habits that support their values.
• Thriving communities—Acknowledging the personal power we have to shape our schools, towns, and worlds, accompanied by exercises for instigating change.

Full of questionnaires, stories, activities, tips, and tools, Raising Antiracist Children is a must-have, practical guide essential for parents and caregivers everywhere.

©2022 Britt Hawthorne. All rights reserved. (P)2022 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.

Beyond helpful for raising biracial children

Exactly what I’ve been looking for. I didn’t realize how closed minded I was, even being married to an AA man and raising a biracial daughter. I now realize that I have much to unlearn so I can better teach my daughter and help make the world she lives in more inclusive.

This is the book I have been waiting for!!

Raising Antiracist Children is the book I have been looking for!
I will read it over and over as my children grow and I plan on recommending it to everyone I know who spends time around children. It is full of helpful definitions, specific practices, and ways to reframe difficult conversations about all forms of bias.

Britt’s writing style is very welcoming. It is clear and precise without tipping over into patronizing. Each section has specific examples from her family that are easy to adopt right away but she also includes the framework she used to collaborate with her partner and children to create the actions and environment that works best for their family so you can do the same.

I absolutely love Britt’s precise use of language. Accurately naming things is so powerful and using clear and intentional language while discussing complex and often misunderstood topics is particularly important. Not only does Britt choose words carefully but she clearly and calmly explains the reasons for her choices (especially if she is introducing labels that are less mainstream). It is so helpful for me to have those calm clear definitions. Reading the Britt’s careful use of language and her respectful explanations is a great model for the way I talk to my children. Words are so powerful.

Raising Antiracist Children has all the things I want when looking for a parenting book. Britt Hawthorne and all of her collaborators are incredibly respectful of each child’s agency, intelligence, curiously, and desire to learn and understand the world. Each section gives developmentally appropriate ways for them to learn and grow together with their adults. Britt welcomes you behind the scenes so you can build off her work to develop the practices that work best for your family. Sources are cited and there are lots of options for further reading. It’s easy to read and broken up into short sections, that make it easy to read even with a burst schedule. And last but not least Britt continually focuses on creating a practice of continual growth rather than perfection.

I was given an advanced review copy in exchange for an honest review but I purchased the audio book so I could listen to it again 💚 I loved being able to absorb the lessons of Britt and her contributors in written and audio form. I will revisit this book often in both forms!!

A must read for all caregivers

Disclaimer: I was given an advanced review copy in exchange for an honest review but I have also purchased my own copy, the audiobook, and several other copies to give away (yes, it's THAT good).

If you are a parent, caregiver, grandparent, teacher, or living human being, you need to read this book and buy it for the people in your life. It's the book I wish I had when my children were young. Britt has a beautiful way of communicating and giving language to many things that I have only been able to feel but not express.

The book is broken down into five parts: deepening our understandings, healthy bodies, radical minds, conscious consumption, and thriving communities. It lists all contributors with bio's, cites sources, offers additional reading recommendations for each section, bibliography, and index for easy reference.

My favorite part is probably the different activities, playful imagination examples, practical examples of incorporating lessons with children with questions and reflective prompts (on a walk, pointing out a crack in the sidewalk and asking your child why it is a problem and who it affects, then going home and calling 311 with your child to report the problem so it can be fixed) gentle ways to correct kids, ways to set boundaries with family, teachers, etc. and so much more.

If I had one complaint? It would be that Britt is not the voice on the audiobook. Yes, I'm biased. From being a part of her online community, I know that she has such a gentle (yet strong) and kind spirit and exudes such gratitude. The reader was great...Britt just would have been better.