How have children experienced this year's challenges, and how can we get better at talking with them about race and racism?\nToday we\u2019re focusing on trauma, resilience, and effective coping, and particularly on the unique challenges experienced by young people and their parents.\nAbout our Guest: Dr. Allison\xa0Briscoe-Smith is a child clinical psychologist who specializes in trauma and issues of race. She is a senior fellow of Berkeley\u2019s Greater Good Science Center, and is both a professor and the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Wright Institute.\xa0\nHere's Allison's wonderful article on parenting during overwhelming times that I referenced during our conversation.\nSupport the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link.\nKey Topics:\n2:25: Honoring the small challenges alongside the big ones.\xa0\n5:30: What challenges are children facing this year?\n7:30: How are children processing our challenges differently from adults?\n9:50: Helping children manage this time.\n11:30: Finding hope, and having things to look forward to.\n13:30: Signs of PTSD, and listening to our children.\xa0\n16:30: How can we get better at talking to kids?\n21:00: How children are processing racial violence.\n24:10: Talking with children about racial violence.\n28:00: Bias, implicit and otherwise.\n34:30: How does bias find its way into the virtual classroom?\n37:05: What are we privileging in different spaces?\n42:00: The first time a kid experiences or perpetrates racism.\n48:30: Creating a family mission statement.\nSponsors:\xa0\nFrom Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code\xa0BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need.\xa0\nJoin\xa0over a million people using BetterHelp, the world\u2019s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month!\xa0\nWant to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription.\nConnect with the show:\n\nFollow us on Instagram\n\nFollow Rick on Facebook\n\nFollow Forrest on Facebook\n\nSubscribe on iTunes