Raising Children to Weather the Storm
Raising biracial children has unique challenges, including struggles with identity. My husband and I have had so many conversations about the best ways to approach raising multiracial kids. Providing them with unconditional love is a given, but the reality is that there’s a lot more to it than that. We discuss this topic in our…
When I read that a Southwest Airlines employee insisted Lindsay Gottlieb prove her biracial son’s identity, a part of me wasn’t at all surprised. This is one of the many issues parents of multiracial children face on a daily basis, myself included. According to published reports, the University of California, Berkeley’s head basketball coach for…
I grew up watching her as the spoiled rich girl on the popular sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. But Karyn Parsons is nothing like her TV persona. In fact, she’s quite the opposite. When I interviewed Karyn Parsons for for Mornings On 1 at NYC Transmitter Park in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, I was pleasantly…
Christmas traditions growing up was nothing like how we celebrate them today. Why? Because I grew up in a Jamaican household. When I tell people that my siblings and I didn’t write letters to Santa, hang Christmas stockings, or open up a ton of presents on Christmas morning, they look at me with sad eyes. For some reason…
“He’s a Boy, Not a Girl!” I find myself repeating those words whenever someone refers to my son as my daughter. Honestly, I didn’t notice it at first. People would compliment my beautiful daughters and I’d say thank you. Then, my brain would do a mental remind and realize that they just called my son…
Before my husband and I started a family, I didn’t know anything about Loving Day, celebrated on June 12. I happened to stumble across a blog and learned about the story of interracial couple, Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving. The funny thing is that I remember watching a movie based on this couple starring Tim…
Growing curly hair varies. However, an average hair growth of ½ inch per month is considered normal. I used to think that only certain hair textures were able to grow curly hair fast. But, that’s not the case at all. My kids had very little hair when they were born. My daughter was practically bald until…
The challenges of raising multiracial kids are real. In fact, it’s been on going topic here on my blog. Some may call it paranoia, but I call it keeping it real. My husband and I knew about the bumpy road ahead when we welcomed our daughter in 2010. When I gave birth to our son…
