when to discuss race with your child

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At two and a half, I would think there's not much she's going to really absorb about "race". 'People' she'll get, so the 'book by its cover' approach seems like the way to go. Unless it was a really serious occurrence and/or she was somehow pretty directly involved, I have to wonder how much of an impression it will make on her at that age.

It kind of sounds like one of those not so easy situations where the tricky part will be gauging how important it was to the child without mixing in our own anxiety about it as adults.

Good luck.