Racism from a child!?!?!

[5 Little Monkeys]

I agree with those that say racism is a learned behaviour. However, it is easy to assume that they are learning this from the parents when it might be something they are picking up from school.

If it were me, I would observe them for awhile, maybe a week? After that, depending on what I saw, I would then approach it with the parents and have specific observations and comments to report on. In the meantime I would be using my time with them to help them realize that the colour of our skin does not matter and doesn't define us and that we shouldn't judge others based on their skin colour.

I would use this a teachable moment. Do you have multi-cultural books, toys, dolls etc in your dc? If not, this might be the perfect time to introduce them!