Author: Amanda Abrams, YES! Magazine

Diversifying your circle of friends is one of the biggest things you can do to reduce prejudice and bias in the world—and in yourself.

For every person who has lost a job and is now worried about how to make ends meet, who can’t go to the grocery store because they’re immunocompromised, or who is simply desperate for a little one-on-one contact, there’s likely someone else who’s been relatively unscathed by the crisis and can help—wants to help, in fact.

With self-directed education, students become their own teachers. But the biggest learning curve may be for parents.