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Challenge: Raising Kind Kids

Can mismatched socks end racism and promote kindness?

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My name is Hannah, and although I am currently childless (just a cat-mommy), I am a child at heart. I am also the creator/designer of Pals Socks for kids.

Pals are make mismatched sock pairs of characters/creatures who defeet the norm by being friends (like a T-Rex and Triceratops or a Ladybug and Caterpillar). I believe it’s OK to be friends with someone different, someone who doesn’t look like you. In fact, it’s pretty awesome.

If I can help kids connect to that idea through a fun product they love, then that’s what success and progress looks like to me.

Pals are much more than colorful mismatched socks – they’re a way of thinking, of promoting harmony. Kids are really our future, and I want to help them grow into empathetic human beings… one foot at a time.

Can something as mundane as socks help start a dialogue with kids? Hope so!



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