Support for Providers
This page is a reference for readings and other resources that support childcare providers in their roles. Because many of childcare collective members are white and class-privileged folks who are not parents, some of these resources are geared toward internal work for allies.
Practical Childcare Resources
1: https://bayareachildcarecollective.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/wizards-around-the-rainbow-v2.pdf
Wizards Around the Rainbow: A Framework for Bringing Transformative Justice Principles to Childcare Work
2: https://bayareachildcarecollective.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/babies-comic.pdf
A Short Guide to Infant and Toddler Care for the Childcare Wizard
3: http://bayareachildcarecollective.wordpress.com/links/six-steps-problem-solving/
The Six Step Approach to Problem Solving
4: http://www.freechild.org
Freechild connects young people and adults to the tools, training, and technical assistance they need to create new roles for young people throughout society.
5: http://www.kidpower.org/library/kidpower-coloring-book/
Bullying has created misery in too many lives. Taking effective action to stop bullying is difficult – and Kidpower is here to help. Everyone has the right to be emotionally and physically safe — and the responsibility to act safely and respectfully towards others. Adult leadership is essential to stop bullying in our families, schools, neighborhoods, workplaces, and communities. Kidpower’s Bullying Solutions resources are being used worldwide by parents, educators, social workers, youth leaders, and managers to prevent and stop bullying. Working together, we can create cultures of caring, respect, and safety for everyone, everywhere.
6:https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B89vXFxTHcbuMmNlNWI0MGItNDkxOC00ZmVmLTk0YTEtYjIyODY4Yjg4MTc1/edit?pli=1 "Sisters at the Center"
7: Visual Thinking Strategies by Philip Yenawine
VTS Facilitation 101In VTS discussions teachers support student growth by facilitating discussions of carefully selected works of visual art.
Teachers are asked to use three open-ended questions:
1: https://bayareachildcarecollective.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/wizards-around-the-rainbow-v2.pdf
Wizards Around the Rainbow: A Framework for Bringing Transformative Justice Principles to Childcare Work
2: https://bayareachildcarecollective.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/babies-comic.pdf
A Short Guide to Infant and Toddler Care for the Childcare Wizard
3: http://bayareachildcarecollective.wordpress.com/links/six-steps-problem-solving/
The Six Step Approach to Problem Solving
4: http://www.freechild.org
Freechild connects young people and adults to the tools, training, and technical assistance they need to create new roles for young people throughout society.
5: http://www.kidpower.org/library/kidpower-coloring-book/
Bullying has created misery in too many lives. Taking effective action to stop bullying is difficult – and Kidpower is here to help. Everyone has the right to be emotionally and physically safe — and the responsibility to act safely and respectfully towards others. Adult leadership is essential to stop bullying in our families, schools, neighborhoods, workplaces, and communities. Kidpower’s Bullying Solutions resources are being used worldwide by parents, educators, social workers, youth leaders, and managers to prevent and stop bullying. Working together, we can create cultures of caring, respect, and safety for everyone, everywhere.
6:https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B89vXFxTHcbuMmNlNWI0MGItNDkxOC00ZmVmLTk0YTEtYjIyODY4Yjg4MTc1/edit?pli=1 "Sisters at the Center"
7: Visual Thinking Strategies by Philip Yenawine
VTS Facilitation 101In VTS discussions teachers support student growth by facilitating discussions of carefully selected works of visual art.
Teachers are asked to use three open-ended questions:
- What's going on in this picture?
- What do you see that makes you say that?
- What more can we find?
- Paraphrase comments neutrally
- Point at the area being discussed
- Linking and framing student comments
- Look carefully at works of art
- Talk about what they observe
- Back up their ideas with evidence
- Listen to and consider the views of others
- Discuss multiple possible interpretations
Resources for Parents, Caregivers and Allies
Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind: Concrete Ways to Support Families in Social Justice Movements and Communities by Victoria Law and China Martens
Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind is a collection of concrete tips, suggestions, and narratives on ways that non-parents can support parents, children, and caregivers in their communities, social movements, and collective processes. Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind focuses on issues affecting children and caregivers within the larger framework of social justice, mutual aid, and collective liberation.
How do we create new, nonhierarchical structures of support and mutual aid, and include all ages in the struggle for social justice? There are many books on parenting, but few on being a good community member and a good ally to parents, caregivers, and children as we collectively build a strong all-ages culture of resistance. Any group of parents will tell you how hard their struggles are and how they are left out, but no book focuses on how allies can address issues of caretakers’ and children’s oppression. Many well-intentioned childless activists don’t interact with young people on a regular basis and don’t know how. Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind provides them with the resources and support to get started.
Contributors include: The Bay Area Childcare Collective, Ramsey Beyer, Rozalinda Borcilă, Mariah Boone, Marianne Bullock, Lindsey Campbell, Briana Cavanaugh, CRAP! Collective, a de la maza pérez tamayo, Ingrid DeLeon, Clayton Dewey, David Gilbert, A.S. Givens, Jason Gonzales, Tiny (aka Lisa Gray-Garcia), Jessica Hoffman, Heather Jackson, Rahula Janowski, Sine Hwang Jensen, Agnes Johnson, Simon Knaphus, Victoria Law, London Pro-Feminist Men’s Group, Amariah Love, Oluko Lumumba, mama raccoon, Mamas of Color Rising/Young Women United, China Martens, Noemi Martinez, Kathleen McIntyre, Stacey Milbern, Jessica Mills, Tomas Moniz, Coleen Murphy, Maegan ‘la Mamita Mala’ Ortiz, Traci Picard, Amanda Rich, Fabiola Sandoval, Cynthia Ann Schemmer, Mikaela Shafer, Mustafa Shakur, Kate Shapiro, Jennifer Silverman, Harriet Moon Smith, Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie, Darran White Tilghman, Jessica Trimbath, Max Ventura, and Mari Villaluna.
Talking to kids about police brutality and anti-Black racism: Resources for parents, caregivers, teachers, and community By ICCC
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BeLCPYjcdha8TyDWHQCVw305E9xYCXu0znkvaR0WCl8/edit
The Commoner N. 15 – Winter 2012 – Care Work and the Commons
http://www.commoner.org.uk/
Kids at the Allied Media Conference: History, strategy, and visions
https://www.alliedmedia.org/news/2014/06/20/kids-allied-media-conference-history-strategy-and-visions
AREA Chicago #14: Childhoods
http://areachicago.org/14-childhoods/
Research-Based Advice on Teaching Children Not to Be Racist
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/04/research-based-advice-on-teaching-children-not-to-be-racist/255736/
60+ Resources for Talking to Kids About Racism
http://bouncebackparenting.com/resources-for-talking-to-kids-about-race-and-racism/
TALKING TO KIDS ABOUT PROTESTING: 5 Things I Want My Kids to Know
http://www.westories.org/blog/2016/9/22/talking-to-kids-about-protesting-5-things-i-want-my-kids-to-know
4 Things We Should All Teach Kids About Racism Right Now
http://www.bgdblog.org/2015/07/4-things-you-should-teach-your-kids-about-racism-right-now/
NO! Against Adult Supremacy zine
https://stinneydistro.wordpress.com/
Queer Kid Stuff on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCecsVoeJcsXbAra7Sl4mOPw
Why I call my son 'he', against my better judgement
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/why-i-call-my-son-he-against-my-better-judgement-a6710851.html
Redefining Balance in Parenting and Activism: A Guide for Social Justice Families
https://medium.com/@jardana/redefining-balance-in-parenting-and-activism-a-guide-for-social-justice-families-41eed0f7b932#.vkwaajqf2
3 Ways Feminists Uphold Oppression When They Exclude Parents
http://everydayfeminism.com/2016/12/feminists-exclude-parents/
7 ways to revolutionize childcare and build all-ages movements
http://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/7-ways-create-family-friendly-movement-spaces/
Making our movements work for kids and families
http://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/making-our-movements-work-for-kids-and-families/
Childcare Groups Are Playing Key Role in Pushing Change and Fighting Trump
http://www.alternet.org/activism/childcare-groups-are-playing-key-role-pushing-change-and-fighting-trump
We Made a Village for the Kids: Reflections on the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee
https://viewpointmag.com/2017/01/26/we-made-a-village-for-the-kids-reflections-on-the-prairie-fire-organizing-committee/
Akila and the Prison Monster, a puppet show written by Regeneración, the NYC Childcare Collective, for childcare at the Critical Resistance 10th Anniversary conference a few years ago. Script: http://www.childcarenyc.org/files/CR10Script-Final.pdf
Radical Playdate Resources!
http://interferencearchive.org/radical-playdate-resources/
Love Letter to White People
http://thefeministwire.com/2013/09/love-letter-to-white-people
A Resource Post for All the Good White People
http://vasundharaa.tumblr.com/post/31917466176/this-is-a-resource-post-for-all-the-good-white
Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind: Concrete Ways to Support Families in Social Justice Movements and Communities by Victoria Law and China Martens
Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind is a collection of concrete tips, suggestions, and narratives on ways that non-parents can support parents, children, and caregivers in their communities, social movements, and collective processes. Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind focuses on issues affecting children and caregivers within the larger framework of social justice, mutual aid, and collective liberation.
How do we create new, nonhierarchical structures of support and mutual aid, and include all ages in the struggle for social justice? There are many books on parenting, but few on being a good community member and a good ally to parents, caregivers, and children as we collectively build a strong all-ages culture of resistance. Any group of parents will tell you how hard their struggles are and how they are left out, but no book focuses on how allies can address issues of caretakers’ and children’s oppression. Many well-intentioned childless activists don’t interact with young people on a regular basis and don’t know how. Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind provides them with the resources and support to get started.
Contributors include: The Bay Area Childcare Collective, Ramsey Beyer, Rozalinda Borcilă, Mariah Boone, Marianne Bullock, Lindsey Campbell, Briana Cavanaugh, CRAP! Collective, a de la maza pérez tamayo, Ingrid DeLeon, Clayton Dewey, David Gilbert, A.S. Givens, Jason Gonzales, Tiny (aka Lisa Gray-Garcia), Jessica Hoffman, Heather Jackson, Rahula Janowski, Sine Hwang Jensen, Agnes Johnson, Simon Knaphus, Victoria Law, London Pro-Feminist Men’s Group, Amariah Love, Oluko Lumumba, mama raccoon, Mamas of Color Rising/Young Women United, China Martens, Noemi Martinez, Kathleen McIntyre, Stacey Milbern, Jessica Mills, Tomas Moniz, Coleen Murphy, Maegan ‘la Mamita Mala’ Ortiz, Traci Picard, Amanda Rich, Fabiola Sandoval, Cynthia Ann Schemmer, Mikaela Shafer, Mustafa Shakur, Kate Shapiro, Jennifer Silverman, Harriet Moon Smith, Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie, Darran White Tilghman, Jessica Trimbath, Max Ventura, and Mari Villaluna.
Talking to kids about police brutality and anti-Black racism: Resources for parents, caregivers, teachers, and community By ICCC
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BeLCPYjcdha8TyDWHQCVw305E9xYCXu0znkvaR0WCl8/edit
The Commoner N. 15 – Winter 2012 – Care Work and the Commons
http://www.commoner.org.uk/
Kids at the Allied Media Conference: History, strategy, and visions
https://www.alliedmedia.org/news/2014/06/20/kids-allied-media-conference-history-strategy-and-visions
AREA Chicago #14: Childhoods
http://areachicago.org/14-childhoods/
Research-Based Advice on Teaching Children Not to Be Racist
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/04/research-based-advice-on-teaching-children-not-to-be-racist/255736/
60+ Resources for Talking to Kids About Racism
http://bouncebackparenting.com/resources-for-talking-to-kids-about-race-and-racism/
TALKING TO KIDS ABOUT PROTESTING: 5 Things I Want My Kids to Know
http://www.westories.org/blog/2016/9/22/talking-to-kids-about-protesting-5-things-i-want-my-kids-to-know
4 Things We Should All Teach Kids About Racism Right Now
http://www.bgdblog.org/2015/07/4-things-you-should-teach-your-kids-about-racism-right-now/
NO! Against Adult Supremacy zine
https://stinneydistro.wordpress.com/
Queer Kid Stuff on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCecsVoeJcsXbAra7Sl4mOPw
Why I call my son 'he', against my better judgement
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/why-i-call-my-son-he-against-my-better-judgement-a6710851.html
Redefining Balance in Parenting and Activism: A Guide for Social Justice Families
https://medium.com/@jardana/redefining-balance-in-parenting-and-activism-a-guide-for-social-justice-families-41eed0f7b932#.vkwaajqf2
3 Ways Feminists Uphold Oppression When They Exclude Parents
http://everydayfeminism.com/2016/12/feminists-exclude-parents/
7 ways to revolutionize childcare and build all-ages movements
http://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/7-ways-create-family-friendly-movement-spaces/
Making our movements work for kids and families
http://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/making-our-movements-work-for-kids-and-families/
Childcare Groups Are Playing Key Role in Pushing Change and Fighting Trump
http://www.alternet.org/activism/childcare-groups-are-playing-key-role-pushing-change-and-fighting-trump
We Made a Village for the Kids: Reflections on the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee
https://viewpointmag.com/2017/01/26/we-made-a-village-for-the-kids-reflections-on-the-prairie-fire-organizing-committee/
Akila and the Prison Monster, a puppet show written by Regeneración, the NYC Childcare Collective, for childcare at the Critical Resistance 10th Anniversary conference a few years ago. Script: http://www.childcarenyc.org/files/CR10Script-Final.pdf
Radical Playdate Resources!
http://interferencearchive.org/radical-playdate-resources/
Love Letter to White People
http://thefeministwire.com/2013/09/love-letter-to-white-people
A Resource Post for All the Good White People
http://vasundharaa.tumblr.com/post/31917466176/this-is-a-resource-post-for-all-the-good-white