Hate Hurts, How Children Learn and Unlearn Prejudice

You know there is hate and prejudice out there in the world, simply sometimes you try to live your conduct pretending its not, just as long as it is not affection you or your family. It was surprising to me to see how early infantren notice differences in each(prenominal) other. Even children are already using (race) in some rudimentary way at six months (Stern, Larosa pg. 18). Its amazing to hear 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 baffle got bored looking at the same pictures of the same faces, and then got interested when a face of a different colourise 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 one parent was about prejudice. She says Its something I belief he didnt notice that wouldnt be part of his consciousness I sort 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 arduous to be independent from you, and do and make their own decisions. Parents of teenagers in our society must learn to listen to what their offspring are proverb, especially what they are saying to one another (Stern, Larosa pg. 9).This book gives you so many heart breaking examples of how children have treated other children so wrong with hatred and prejudice. It also has precondition examples of how these children over came those hardships it just would have been nice to hear more of the good instead of the bad. After reading this book, it makes you wake 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 record books and find 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.