The most important tool for change is the next generation. Raising anti-racist kids is the single most powerful way to change the way our country views race. When parents become allies, things can change from the ground up.
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At this point, a sort of resignation has set in for me, paired with sudden bursts of anxiety, anger, and frustration. And we are not even close to being done yet.
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07/10/20
How Working Parents Really Feel About No School This Fall
I’ve been talking to my mom friends a lot about the position many of them are being put in to choose between work and their kids, if schools don’t resume normally in the fall.
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“You’ve followed Black content creators, you’ve bought books for your kids, you’ve bought some for yourself too, you’ve had the talk with your kids, and maybe even taken them to a protest. Now what??”
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The rules inside the house have relaxed a lot, but that’s because the rules outside the house are way, way stricter.
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What happens to young kids who don’t have access to friends for an extended amount of time? This is a massive psych experiment happening to our children in real time.
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Initially, all I wanted was a day when someone else was in charge of snacks. But then, I thought, maybe I am aiming too low. Maybe I should plan the day I really want.
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03/26/20
It Only Took One Week
“It only took a week to define our inner circle, to finally meet our neighbor across the street, to have a real conversation with our spouse. It only took a week to realize all this extra time is actually a gift…”
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01/30/20
Is Being a Mom a Marketable Skill?
I bet there are a lot of moms still trying to figure out what we want to be when we grow up. Particularly those of us who went on a five or ten year hiatus to raise our kids.
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I asked you guys to tell me simple changes that you implemented at home last year which had positive results. For instance, we made a “on iPad in the morning” rule that resulted in way less yelling.
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Here are a few rules that we’ve established (and a few I wish I established earlier), both to curb the greed and to keep the magic alive as long as possible.
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Yesterday, Mattel introduced Creatable World, which is a doll that starts as gender neutral and comes with a set of accessorizes to allow kids to play with it however they like.
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08/01/19
The Summer of Harlow
I missed Mazzy a ton, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that having a whole bunch of dedicated Harlow time was an ABSOLUTE JOY.
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When my oldest daughter got her first phone, I thought I had an advantage as both a blogger and a professor of Public Health. But there were still things I didn’t anticipate.
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A few weeks ago, Amy Schumer posted a pic of herself lying in bed with her newborn, with the caption “This shit is bananas.
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