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Talking to kids about tough stuffInspired by a listener question, we discuss how we talk to our kids about tough stuff--politics, current events, race, gender, sex, cancer, and death. Inspired by a listener question, we discuss how we talk to our kids about tough stuff--politics, current events, race, gender, sex, cancer, and death. Links we mentioned + books our families love that we didn't list in the show:Conscious KidBlack Lives Matter book list with links to read-alouds of each book curated by Phoebe DefinoOwn Voices in children's literatureSomething Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, Ann Hazzard, and Jennifer ZivoinRuby Bridges Goes to School by Ruby BridgesThe Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael LopezThe Name Jar by Yangsook ChoiClubhouse Mysteries by Sharon DraperI Am Rosa Parks by Brad Meltzer and Christopher EliopoulosNot My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia HiggenbothamThe Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj MuhammadThe Book Itch: Freedom