The West Is Burning; What Do We Tell the Children?

How transparent should we be during 2020’s tirades?

Stephanie Tolk

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In the fall of 2019, my daughter’s fourth-grade class took a field trip to the Portland Art Museum to see Hank Willis Thomas’s All Things Being Equal. In a series of emails prior to the visit, her teacher prepared parents for what our children would encounter: a thoughtful exploration by a…

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Stephanie Tolk

Worldschooler | Author | Peace Corps Mali ‘98-’00 | Top Writer: Parenting, Travel | Founder of Deliberate Detour. Deliberatedetour.com