{"id":1303,"date":"2023-08-24T15:08:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T22:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/?post_type=stories&#038;p=1303"},"modified":"2025-06-10T13:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T20:54:10","slug":"my-four-year-old-daughter-is-asking-questions-about-colonial-history-how-do-i-respond-in-an-age-appropriate-way","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/stories\/my-four-year-old-daughter-is-asking-questions-about-colonial-history-how-do-i-respond-in-an-age-appropriate-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisonke Msimang on Conversations with Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In her latest Guardian Column, New Voices Fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/newvoicesfellows.aspeninstitute.org\/related\/sisonke-msimang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sisonke Msimang<\/a> highlights the importance of talking to children from an early age about history, race, and colonialism.<\/p>\n<p>In a powerful message to parents tackling how to have this difficult conversation, she notes that &#8220;the truth is that by the time they turn five, children of all races have already absorbed a frightening amount of racial bias&#8221; and acknowledging our hard histories is essential to show &#8220;that wisdom comes not from avoiding the past, but by confronting it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click below to read more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1076,"template":"","publication_category":[51],"publication_theme":[62,55,75,68],"class_list":["post-1303","stories","type-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","publication_category-publications","publication_theme-communications","publication_theme-health-equity","publication_theme-prison-reform","publication_theme-youth"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/1303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/stories"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_category?post=1303"},{"taxonomy":"publication_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_theme?post=1303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}