How Adults Communicate Bias to Children? A child can catch prejudice from grown-ups through nonverbal behavior:
Snippets : - Negative biases can be conveyed through gestures, body language, and facial expressions—and that children pick up on these nonverbal cues to form their own biases. - Even small gestures of preferential treatment—when multiplied over many interactions—are likely to make an impact on kids over time. - By knowing how prejudice spreads, we may be able to figure out how to avoid perpetuating it in future generations. - This awareness may alert parents and teachers as to how their behaviors—and not just their words—affect children, so that they might try to be more aware of their own body language and aim for kinder treatment towards all kids. Click to read from source : If unable to open, paste the below link to browser: http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_adults_communicate_bias_to_children/updated