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Some of The Children take part in Black Lives matter protests like this one in Parliament Square

the support for The Black Lives Matter-to fight the movement swelled in The United Kingdom since The Killing of George Floyd, But the focus has in many parents, to explain how best, to racism, to their Children .

"Why is it necessary to say that?" was asked the question, Denis Adide five-year-old daughter when she discovered a Black Lives matter banner.

"this is the reality for a Black Child , this is the reality for me as a black father," says Denis. "You don't have the luxury of a child's innocence for as long as Other People . "

"I know there are Children , the engagement with black history for the First Time in her life," he says.

He says that while his three Children , all under five years of age, are too young to have a direct discussion about George Floyd, he knows many other black Children were affected.

He quotes his friend, the daughter, was left in tears, wondering whether she was insecure about her skin and whether you should be worried about her.

"It's an awakening, perhaps, for The Children , But , unfortunately, a stressful, really deep stressful, because it is a physical experience. You can't escape disembody themselves. "

Denis, of west London, says, equips his Children for what it is like to Grow Up in the UK with dark skin, is part of his job as parents.

he says he was stopped and searched many times by The Police , both as an adult and a child, and says he will "unfortunately" have to prepare for his four-year-old son for the same treatment.

He expects talks to crop-up with his daughters, especially around body image, there is a lack of representation In Society .

His oldest daughter was "thrilled", he says, if you One Day was taught by a gym teacher in high school, was also of mixed heritage. She told her father, without being asked, "teacher, today was hair like mine, and skin that looked like mine."

Georgena Clarke from Cheshire says that you have similar conversations with your seven-year-old twins.

The issue of skin color first of your daughter. She says the lack of diversity in your local area led to her going through a phase of waving to every black person on The Street , because "she saw her so rarely, she thought, everybody who was black, was with us."

she was not the only Black Child in her class, And One day, five years old, she refused to Get Out of The Car , if you said in school: "Mama, I want to be the only different".

"I was totally floored," says Georgena. "I don't know what to say, at this moment In Time , and I knew then, that I have not done a good enough job.

"I had previously said," it is because, you're special, you're the only one, the brown, and you're simply different than all the others', But that was not good enough for you Now . "

Georgena Clarke says that she bought Her Daughter a black doll, But she wanted to play, you see that in Disney movies

Georgena explained to Her Daughter that mummy's parents were African and her daddy were the parents of The West Indian Islands, and everyone in those countries, "looks like we". She used YouTube videos to prove it.

"I've never seen someone grab a concept so much to The Point where everyone you met after that, she had to tell them where she was. She was really proud of it. "

Georgena says she accepts their innocence, have come to "a crashing end at some point," But you want Children to stay as long as possible.

"I want you to say proud of the fact that you are black, and also not to feel that their difference is negative considered," she said.

"If I tell you, racism, and bring you into their world-the fact that Some People do not like them because of their difference that could impact on your self-esteem. "

Marvyn Harrison has a four-year-old son and a two year old daughter

In Hackney, East London , father-of-two Marvyn Harrison, is concerned about how his four-year-old son will be perceived, when he begins school in the fall.

"My son is very self-aware. This is a great challenge for a black man". My understanding of what confidence looks like someone who is not black, it may look like it is intimidating, it is pretentious, or is it disobedience. "

he says he tries to teach his son, a different code of behavior when he starts his new school. You will go past it Every Day , Pause for a few minutes, as he tried to reinforce The Message of his son.

Marvyn, of the Dope Black-and-Dad's online group, was drawn from his own experience in school, where he felt that his skin meant color, he was Singled Out unfairly by the teachers, as well as a message, have a lower life-aspirations.

"Quite often, what is happening with black Children , that you begin to question" why I am treated differently - I feel like I talk as much as Sue, who sits next to me, But I'm kind of more in difficulty'. Then you start living in your head, and you begin to shrink in the school. "

He is determined To Let his Children do see black as something negative and has taught his son, daily positive affirmations.

"He looks in The Mirror and says 'I love my hair, I love my skin, I jump up love my, my, I'm a bit'. He says all of these things Every Day , so that what is in his head, if he was ever to be challenged. "

"It is important to you as early as possible, just do it at The Level that you can understand. "

How To talk to Children about racism

the United Nations Children 's agency, gives this advice:

Under the age of five:

Six-to-11 years:

12 years:

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