Hate Hurts, How Children Learn and Unlearn Prejudice

You know there is hate and prejudice kayoed there in the world, but neartimes you try to live your smell pretending its not, just as long as it is not affection you or your family. It was surprising to me to see how early small fryren notice differences in each other. Even children atomic number 18 already using (race) in some rudimentary way at sextuplet months (Stern, Larosa pg. 18). Its amazing to attain about Dr. Phyllis Katzs experiment. We know babies pay attention to their surroundings, and the people in it. Just didnt realize how closely.In her experiment it showed how a six month old baby got bored looking at the very(prenominal) pictures of the same faces, and then got interested when a face of a different color was introduced. These differences help babies form a secure knowledge of themselves as entities separate from others (Stern, Larosa pg 18). I was very shocked by how ignorant unity p bent was about prejudice. She says Its something I thought he didnt notic e that wouldnt be part of his consciousness I var. of wanted him to be colorblind. Clearly children are NOT color blind.Unless they are taught to appreciate differences, their views can be quite early (Stern, Larosa pg. 27). With teenagers things get a little harder. They are torn between being a child and a young adult. You want to be sure they are not doing things they shouldnt, but you dont want to pry into their lives too much. They are trying to be independent from you, and do and rile their own decisions. Parents of teenagers in our night club must learn to listen to what their offspring are saying, especially what they are saying to one another (Stern, Larosa pg. 9).This book gives you so numerous heart breaking examples of how children have treated other children so impairment with hatred and prejudice. It also has given examples of how these children over came those hardships it just would have been priggish to hear more of the good instead of the bad. After reading this book, it makes you fire up up and realize you cant live your life as if hate and prejudice isnt out there.We as a society must teach our children that differences should ot be a threat, but that differences are what make the world go around. It seems that hate and prejudice has plagued our country for the entirety of its existence. You can go back and look in history books and denudation it almost any where in history. This is an issue that bears much consideration because it is not going away by itself. We were created equal in the sight of God, and when everyone recognizes that to be fact and teaches their children, then maybe we will be well on our way to a peaceful existence.