How to Talk to Kids about War?

What happens to the new generation as they witness the tragedy of war and what does citizenship or nationality mean to them? Is the Metaverse as a collaborative space an antidote to war? Is military conflict in the Digital Age an anachronism? Does conventional school system fuel that anachronistic world view by revering hierarchical, patriarchal structures and patriotism? How can self-directed learning/ unschooling and respect for the individual, as opposed to categorizing people into buckets, help raise a generation uninterested in territorial feuds and focused on the value of human life instead?

Co-hosts: 

Martha Skinner, former professor of architecture, artist who works together with her daughter, now a young adult

Marta Obiols Llistar, unschooling mom of three, educator, author of the book 18, An Unschooling Experience

Resources:

Alan Gratz, Refugee. Scholastic Corporation, 2017.

Davide Cali, Serge Bloch, The Enemy. Schwartz & Wade, April 14, 2009

Art Spiegelman, The complete MAUS Paperback. Pinguin, 2003

The Big History Project https://www.bighistoryproject.com/home