Category: Parenting and Family
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Ms. Meltingpot is Hurricane Ready…Maybe
Hi Meltingpot Readers, For those of you on the East coast, I hope you’ve hunkered down and gotten hurricane ready. I know I have. But I must be honest. I’ve never really had to get ‘hurricane ready’ before and I fear I may be doing it wrong. But, here’s what I’ve done to prepare for…
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Wanted: “Hair That Moves”
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Do you know I thought I’d dodged a major bullet when God had the good sense to give me two boys instead of girls. I sighed a major sigh of relief thinking I’d get to avoid the hair issues. Specifically the issues where you have to fill your kinky-curly haired daughters with…
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Kinks in the Kitchen: Babygirl is Sprouting Black Girl Hair
Hi Meltingpot Readers, It is with great relief and joy that I officially announce right here on the Meltingpot, that babygirl’s hair finally seems to be achieving a level of kink. Right in the back of her head. You know, that spot we often refer to as ‘the kitchen.’ The front of her head is…
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Being Black: So Easy, Anyone Can Do It
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Yesterday morning, my eight-year-old son came into my bedroom and saw my copy of Baratunde Thurston’s hilarious book, How To Be Black on my dresser. He picked it up, thumbed through it and casually announced, “Hey mom, we should send this book to Abuelo y Abuela in Spain so they can be…
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What Color is My Teacher?
Hi Meltingpot Readers, This was a conversation I had with my sons, ages 11 and 8, a few days before school started. We were in the car on our way to parent-teacher conferences. The eight-year old was going to meet his teacher for the first time, as she was a new hire at his school.…
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This Black Girl Runs
I admit it. I don’t like running, even though I ran track and cross country in middle and high school. And even though my gym teacher told me I was a natural runner, way back in the third grade, I just don’t enjoy the sport. I don’t believe I’ve ever run enough — even during…
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Do Head Lice Respect the One-Drop Rule?
I originally wrote this post about head lice and mixed race hair in 2007, but it still rings true today. And as we get ready to go back to school, I’m still curious about head lice and the one-drop rule. The kids are ready to go back back to school and so we begin a…
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Meltingpot Mary and Her Little Lamb
Everybody knows Ms. Meltingpot loves books like a chunky boy loves cake. And of course, I want my kids to share my love for the written word. Babygirl seems to be on the right track, but like all babies in the under two set, reading books and eating books is much the same thing to…
