>> STEVE SPRIESTER: HOW DO YOU TALK TO KIDS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD
WHETHER IT’S WHAT HAPPENED WITH
GEORGE FLOYD WHETHER IT’S
COVID-19 THEY’RE JUST
SO MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS AND
DIFFERENT THINGS OUT THERE THAT
HAVE
PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS AND
YOU KNOW TO PEOPLE JUST
SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS ON
WHAT’S THE
BEST WAY TO ANSWER SOME OF
THESE QUESTIONS AND BROACH THE
SUBJECT SO WE’RE
JOINED BY DOCTOR LULU, A
PEDIATRICIAN SHE IS WITH THE
YOUTH DOCTOR LUIZ YOUTH HEALTH
CENTER IT’S IN HELOTES
HERE IN SAN ANTONIO DOCTOR,
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS HOW DO
YOU TALK TO KIDS ABOUT CURRENT
EVENTS.
>> WELL AS THE FAMILY TOOK THEM
A LITTLE CHICKEN AND RICE AND
LOLLIPOPS AND WE JUST TALKED TO
THEM JUST LITERALLY JUST TALK
TO THEM KIDS A LITTLE
SPONGEBOB’S AND SPONGEBOB
THAT’S WHAT I LIKE TO CALL HIM.
SO THEY WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU
HAVE
TO SAY IT IS A 2 YEAR-OLD CHILD
BREAKING DOWN THE 2 YEAR-OLD
LITTLE SIZE BITE SIZES THE 12
YEAR-OLD COME OUT AND SAY IT
WAS A 22 YEAR-OLD COME ON
AND SAY I THINK KIDS WANT
HONESTY AND VULNERABILITY FROM
THEIR PARENTS.
THEY WANT YOU TO BE AS HONEST
AS POSSIBLE. DON’T SUGARCOAT IT
BECAUSE WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN
IS THE CHILD IS GOING TO GO
OUTSIDE AND
GET THE A DELTA II TO
DIVISION THAT WHAT I’M LOOKING
FOR YES AND THEN YOU YOU CAN’T
ON ADULTERY DOESN’T MAKE SENSE.
SO GIVE THEM EVERYTHING YOU
WANT
TO KNOW THE WAY YOU WOULD
EXPLAIN TO THEM ABOUT CROSSING
THE STREET WHEN THERE’S A CAR
COMING LOOK BOTH WAYS AND THEN
CROSS THE STREET, SOMETHING
LIKE
THAT LISTEN. THERE ARE PEOPLE
IN THIS WORLD WHO LOOK LIKE
AUSTIN FEW WHITES, IF YOU
FEEL BLACK, YOU LOOK AT THOSE
OF THE BANDS ON WHAT SIDE OF
THE AISLE YOU’RE TALKING TO
COME FROM. IT IS IF YOU’RE
WHITE SEE PEOPLE LIKE US USE
WORDS LIKE WEAK AND OS AT THE
PULSE OF THEM AND THEY LIKE
IT’S OVER THERE WHEN IT’S
REALLY PEOPLE LIKE GRANDMA AND
GRANDPA AND UNCLE BOOK AND ON
SUSAN COMING UP AND DOES TELL
THEM ON
THE STREET. IT’S A 2 YEAR-OLD
YOU PROBABLY DON’T WANT TO GO
INTO DEEP. DETAILS
BUT THE MOVIE WOULD MEAN 5
YEARS NO ON THE STAND WOULD
NEED TO THE SAVES IS VERY NEED
PEOPLE THINGS LIKE THAT
AND THEN EVEN THE 12 YEAR-OLD
COME OUT AND CONDEMN RACISM
ALREADY BECAUSE THESE KIDS
LITERALLY ARE HAVING THESE
CONVERSATIONS ALREADY IN A
LITTLE CLICKS KNOW LITTLE FORM
CHATS THEY HAVE SEEN
WAS HAPPENING. SO IF YOU GIVE
THEM THE WRONG INFORMATION THAT
YOU WOULD LIKE MOM
SO TOLD ME SO AND SO AND SO
THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
YOU NEED TO EDUCATE YOURSELF.
AND THEN I KNOW WHAT YOUR KIDS
ALREADY KNOW AND THEN MAYBE YOU
CAN FIX. WHAT YOU HAVE
TO FIX AND THEN LED THEM
ON LEARN WHAT THEY NEED TO
LEARN BUT DECISION THE EDUCATE
YOURSELF FIRST AND THEN COME TO
THE LEVEL AND USE THE SAME
WORDS WE USE TO DESCRIBE CHECK
AND NO WORK AND IN THE
BREAKFAST, SOMETHING MAKE IT
EASY FOR THEM
TO UNDERSTAND.
>> IT’S PROBABLY HARDER FOR US
TO TO BEGIN THESE CONVERSATIONS
THAT IT IS FOR THEM TO HEAR
THESE THANK YOU TALK ABOUT
DIFFERENT AGES AND WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT RACE AND RACIAL
INEQUALITY. THOSE ARE
HEAVY SUBJECTS WHAT AGE IS DO
YOU THINK IT’S APPROPRIATE TO
BEGIN HAVING THOSE
CONVERSATIONS WITH KIDS.
>> I THINK WAS TO GET TO
KINDERGARTEN. SO BASICALLY AT 6
MONTHS OLD A BABY
CAN RECOGNIZE DIFFERENCES IN
RACE BELIEVE IT OR NOT IN SKIN
COLOR. THEY CAN WHY DID THEY
GIVE US ANYTHING THEY COULD
TELL.
OKAY, BUT AN 18 MONTH LOW CAN
ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WERE
KIND OF WEIRD ACTING TO THAT
CHRIS AND I DON’T KNOW HOW TO
FREEZE IT. WHAT A 4 YEAR-OLD
WHO WAS IN KINDERGARTEN
KNOWS THE KILLER WOULD THERE IS
NEW OR THAT YOU HAVE THIS ONE
IS THE NEED TO THEM AND THEN
THEY NOW CAN PUT IT TOGETHER
WILL HIS TEAM COLLEGE
KIDS THAT SO AND SO HAPPENS
TO LAST WEEK THIS IS NOT
PUTTING IT TOGETHER SO I SAY
ONCE THEY CAN GO TO SCHOOL,
ESPECIALLY KINDERGARTEN.
IT’S TIME TO START TALKING
ABOUT IT. BUT THE BEST WAY TO
TEACH A CHILD IS TO LEAD
BY EXAMPLE, IF YOUR CHILD SEES
YOU SPEAKING SPANISH, THEY GOT
THESE MANAGED TO MY KIDS SO THE
GROUP KNOWN AS THE SPANISH
AND FRENCH AND MY JOURNEY
LANGUAGE IS ABOUT 5 OF THEM
THEY KNEW LITTLE OPEN TO THAT
RIGHT. SO THEY
KNOW THAT SO IT WAS EASY FOR MY
OLDEST SON TO FIX,
IT’S A THICK FRENCH AND FOR HIS
RELATIVE TO CLASS AND FOR THE
BABY TO FIX THEM IS BECAUSE
THEY KNOW THAT MOM IS A
POLYGLOT SO THEN IN THE TOWN
ACCEPT THAT SO BY
KNEW EXACTLY HOW YOU WANT A
CHILD TO BE HUGE, I WOULD LEARN
BETTER THAN ANYTHING YOU CAN
TELL THEM WITH WORDS THIS IS A
TO SECRET. >> STEVE SPRIESTER: NOW I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT YOU DO YOU
HAVE THINGS ON YOUR WEBSITE AND
YOU HAVE SOME PUBLICATIONS OUT
THERE THAT CAN ANSWER A LOT OF
THESE QUESTIONS FOR PARENTS.
BUT I KNOW ALSO THAT YOU HAVE
FACED SOME OF THESE THINGS
HEAD ON WITH YOUR CHILDREN
COMING BACK ASKING YOU
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT AMOUNTED
TO BE PROFILING CORRECT.
>> AS A MATTER OF FACT I GET
VERY EMOTIONAL WHEN I TOOK MY
KIDS IF I START CRYING, DOES
KNOW THAT HAVE TISSUE ON THE
SITE.
WITH WITH LIVED HERE FOR ALMOST
10 YEARS NOW I WENT BACK
TO DETAIL IS COMMAND OUT
LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE OF
MEDICAL DIRECTOR I HAVE
LIVED HERE. MY BOYS WENT TO
SCHOOL GET THEM INTO SCHOOL
MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL WE
HAVE LIVED IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A FEW
WEEKS AGO THEY WENT RUNNING IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DO IT, YOU
KNOW, SOMEONE CALLED THE PEOPLE
IN MOBILE.
AND THE POLICE GOT HIM OUT
POLICE VEHICLE FOR THOUGH THEM
SLOWLY ALL THE WAY HOME.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT HAPPENED
THIS WAS A FOOT OF MUD OBVIOUS
KIDS CAME OUT MY BOYS GREW
UP HERE. I MEAN IT’S LIKE HE
DOESN’T MAKE
ANY SENSE, NEEDLESS TO SAY I
DON’T HAVE THAT TALK WITH MY
KIDS ANYONE, I TELL PEOPLE THAT
I DON’T I DON’T KNOW HOW TO
TELL MY SON TO BE WHO HE IS
LIKE WITH A HE’S PUTTING HIS
HAND ON THE STEERING WHEEL.
WELL HE’S PLAYING IN HIS
BACKYARD ONLY SLEEPING IN HIS
BEDROOM. YOU SAW A SECURE
MAGNET KILL HIM. SO IT’S VERY
EMOTIONAL FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT
IS VERY SAD. THIS IS
THE SITUATION. BUT IT’S ALSO
VERY TRUE AND VERY RAW BUT I DO
WANT US TO PUT
YOU LIKE IS A BIG THINK NO LESS
APPROACH IT LIKE THE WAY EVEN
BIG SANDWICH ONE BITE AT A
TIME. LET’S START WITH US STOP
YOU YOURSELF AND THEN
OF COURSE YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS
EVERYONE KNOWS THE FAMILY
MEMBER WHO IS UP OUT THERE WE
ALL KNOW THEM AND START TRYING
TO TALK TO US TO TRY TO BE
THE CHANGE WHICH IS WHAT
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE THE
CHAIN BE
THE JUDGE. WELL HOW ABOUT
PRACTICING BEING THE CHANGE FOR
CHANGE, YOU KNOW.
SO YOU’RE MY BOY IS WITH
PROFOUND WAS VERY VERY
EMOTIONAL AT ELDERS WHO SAID
WHO JUST GRATITUDE FROM
STANFORD, HE WILL NOT GO
RUNNING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOU
HE’S FRIEDMAN YOU AND IT’S JUST
MY LIST THAT WE JUST MIGHT.
>> ANOTHER REASON WHY THESE
CONVERSATIONS NEED TO BE
HAPPENING. IN OUR HOMES AND YOU
HAVE HELPED US WITH SOME
INFORMATION AND ADVICE ON HOW
TO GET THAT
CONVERSATION STARTED.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: THANKS FOR
YOUR TIME DOCTOR WE’LL CONTINUE
THIS CONVERSATION TONIGHT ON
THE NIGHTBEAT AT 10. THANK YOU
DOCTOR, LOU,
AND I WOULD ASK HER TO
PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME FOR ME AT
10 O’CLOCK TO BECAUSE THERE’S
NO WAY I CAN
DO IT. AGAIN DOCTOR LULU WITH