Raising Children to Weather the Storm
It wasn’t too long ago that “gay parents” became the topic of discussion with our four-year-old daughter. Now in the wake of reports regarding Bruce Jenner officially coming out as a woman, it’s got me thinking about how to explain transgender and transsexualism to our kids, if the subject ever came up. Identity has become a…
When comedian Alex Barnett asked to interview me for his podcast entitled, Multiracial Family Man, I couldn’t say no. For those of you who don’t know him, he’s a Jewish guy married to a beautiful black woman. They are proud parents of one of the cutest three-year-old boys I’ve ever seen. Alex’s interviews feature families like ours who are multicultural…
Like many young black girls, most of my dolls were white. It wasn’t necessarily by choice. Back then trying to find a black doll was a like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Once you found one, chances are the doll didn’t have naturally curly hair. The lack of diversity among dolls not only reflected…
I recently wrote a post on my mom.me blog called “Challenges Parents of Multicultural Kids Can Understand.” I write about this subject from time to time because it’s our truth. There are many challenges of being a multicultural and multiracial family. Most recently, there have been a couple of instances that has prompted me to write a follow up…
We’re wrapping up our mixed hair care wash-n-go curls series. We usually shampoo and condition Princess’s hair on the weekends, so we like to keep things pretty simple on day seven. Since Princess attends dance class on Saturdays, we’ll throw her hair up into a messy bun or an “Elsa braid,” as she’d like to…
Our mixed hair care wash-n-go series is coming to an end and Princess’s curls are still holding up pretty well. Friday’s are usually quick and easy. Sometimes she prefers to throw her hair into a pony tail after the detangling process. But, today we decided to let her curls hang one more day with an…
We all know that mixed hair care can be challenging. For this particular week, day five wash-n-go curls has become like a second day curly hair routine. Since I freshly co-washed her hair the day before, her curls are looking fresh with a whole lot of bounce in the morning. We don’t have to do much…
With temperatures topping out in the 80s these past few days, Princess has worked up a ton of sweat – not to mention her hair is beginning to dry out from the sun. I normally could get away with repeating our day three routine, but her curls are looking a bit thirsty and in need of…
