Advice needed from oh wise MNetter's.
My 2.8yr DS is mixed race and goes to nursery. Recently when I pick him up, he's been saying comments like 'I'm not light, I'm dark' and ' (other child) says my feet are black'. All of which is fine except he says it like it is such a bad thing. 'Other child' always seems to be the same child.
I know young children say exactly what they see - and this totally isn't a problem and is very natural. They are going to spot the differences and vocalise them. But I'm a bit concerned that my DS seems to view his skin colour so negatively. I say to him 'your skin is beautiful' but he often responds with 'I'm not beautiful', in a very upset manner (which may just be a reaction to the term 'beautiful' I realise)
I will obviously do everything I can at home to ensure DS does not view his (or anyone else's) skin colour negatively, but should I raise this with the nursery and should they be doing more to talk about different cultures, ethnicities etc even at this young age?
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To speak to nursery about this?
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RhubarbAndMustard · 04/02/2015 12:16
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