In order to succeed in that environment, it's imperative that children today gain at least a basic working knowledge about the various cultures. Although schools across the nation make it a point to incorporate diversity into their various lesson plans, Sims suggests parents make diversity appreciation a part of their children's home lives. If it's something they hear about and talk about at home, they learn not only to tolerate diversity, but to actually appreciate it. For instance, he says, parents can begin by simply opening a dialogue. Question it and allow children to explore their own thoughts about what they see.
Parents can also take advantage of programming at libraries, universities or museums.
Taking them, as opposed to sending them, sets an example. It tells the child that you too are interested and this is important. And being there gives them a chance to take note of the differences between their culture and another one, although they'll probably note more similarities. Another suggestion is to take note of the basic items around the house, and do some investigating to find who invented those items. For instance, most of us know Thomas Edison came up with the light bulb.