Comments on: Teaching our kids: Facts about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:52:40 +0000

I recalled the stories my former boss told me about marching in Selma, Alabama with Dr. King, and Harry Belafonte for civil rights. I told my son as much as I could, and he learned alot at school, too. He is right at the age where it is all coming together, so he is loving watching the news and learning!

One day at school his teacher told me my som was telling ‘tall tales’ in school. I was surprised,and asked whst he was saying.She said he was going around telling the children he has two nieces in Africa. I corrected her, and said,”No, he has two African American nieces here in the states!” He isn’t fibbing! We had a laugh over it!

By: A Mom

A Mom — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:44:04 +0000

I suppose today is no different for us then any other day. I only say this because I try to teach my children everyday how important it is to treat everyone as equals. My youngest is too young to know anything about any of it. And my oldest (9) knows who he is and thinks that he was a great teacher and leader. I am very sad that his wife Coretta Scott King died before seeing our first black president. Not only was I impressed with his campaign in general, I was so emotional about him being black.

We are not close to being a country without racism, sexism, and any other type of bigotry, I feel that it is a HUGE step forward. I feel that MLK would be disappointed in a lot of things that are going on today, but there are some things I dont think he would have envisioned happening either. I feel proud on a day like today of my heritage and feel that as Americans who are accepting of all, today is a day to be thankful for the sacrifices people such as MLK made. JFK made huge steps and his life was cut short great man, Maya Angelou, Collin Powell, and many others. Be proud as an American today and tomorrow we see our first Ethnic President!!!!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:33:18 +0000

I read pieces of his “Dream” speech to my kids and we looked at some pictures and my daughter drew a picture of him. My kids are 2, 3 & 6……..they were really excited to listen to me talk about him. I didn’t think that they would be as into as they were, it made me happy

By: Nikki

Nikki — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:30:23 +0000

I actually just finished discussing MLK with my six year old (we homeschool). I didn’t go into great detail since he is only six and won’t truly understand the full impact that Martin Luther King Jr. had on our country. What I did was print off the printable book available on enchantedlearning.com. I had him read it, stopping when he did not understand what was being said. I would explain what things meant, then he would continue. When he was done, I summarized what he had read for him. I feel that was plenty for his age. As he gets older, we will study the life of Martin Luther King Jr. more in depth.