Guest post by Austin author Chris Barton
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I want my sons to feel loved.
I want them to feel that they, individually, are valued and unique.
But I don’t want them — or anyone else in their demographic — to get the idea that they’re at the center of the universe just because they happened to get born as non-poor, white, American males. Growing up with such an idea fosters a sense of entitlement that I think we’re all better off without.
How can parents discourage that sort of privileged thinking in their offspring, especially in a culture that sends so many messages to the contrary? I believe that one good way is to immerse kids early on in great picture books offering a broad view of a population that’s full of loved, valued, unique people.
This raises (at least) three questions:
1) What qualifies as “a broad view”?
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