The Daily Dad

You've Got No Right

Jul 9, 2021

02:56

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Guest Allen Campbell, an African American State Trooper, discusses a powerful photo from a Ku Klux Klan rally in 1992. The conversation emphasizes the importance of not passing on negative beliefs to children and providing them with love, trust, and opportunities for growth.

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Parents should not impose their biases on children, allowing them to grow without limitations.

Encourage children to surpass previous generations by promoting love, trust, and exploration over fear and anger.

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Parental Responsibility and Influence

Parents have the responsibility to guide their children positively and not burden them with their own biases and limitations. Children are highly impressionable and absorb whatever is presented to them. Therefore, parents must encourage their children to be better than themselves by promoting love over anger, trust over suspicion, and exploration over fear. It is crucial to allow children the freedom to grow without being stifled by the baggage of the past.

Shaping a Better Future for Our Children

3min

“Kids are so sweet. So innocent. Which makes the famous photo all the more haunting. A young boy dressed in a white robe and a tall, white, conical hat touches his reflection in a riot shield held by an African American State Trooper named Allen Campbell. The photo was taken in 1992 at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Georgia. “Me and this kid, neither one, made a choice to be here,” Campbell said sympathetically some two decades after the photo was taken. “The state patrol made me come, and his mom and daddy brought him.”

Ryan explains why you shouldn’t impose your biases on your children.

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