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How to protect children from realities you cannot shield them from forever

My teenage son is half-Black and people keep asking me if I worry about him with police, and I do constantly, but I do not know how to prepare him without destroying his childhood innocence.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

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Your parental instinct to protect conflicts with the necessity of preparing your child for systemic dangers.

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