Tag: Parenting Mixed Race Children
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Princess Meghan Had her Baby!
Hello Meltingpot Readers, True confession. I’m too tired and overwhelmed to produce a decent blog post today. Why? Because I spent the entire weekend moving. Yep, our multigenerational experiment living with my parents failed. I’ll share that story in another post. In the meantime, while I continue to pack and unpack boxes and eat off…
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MAMP Podcast Ep. #12:Parenting Healthy Mixed-Race Kids
Hello Meltingpot Readers, On episode 12 of My American Meltingpot, we’re having a conversation about how to raise healthy Mixed-Race children. That is, how do we make sure our children who are more than one race, and possibly more than one culture as well, grow up feeling confident with their sense of identity? How do…
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4 Great Parenting Blogs Celebrating Multicultural Motherhood
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Even though it seems like we are now in the age of Instagram, I still enjoy and appreciate the information and community I find on blogs. Between you and me, I don’t want to read an entire essay on Instagram. I still think of blogs as reliable and relatable sources of information.…
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The Colorism Chronicles: Daddy’s Black, but his Son Looks White
Hello Meltingpot Readers, In today’s episode of The Colorism Chronicles, you’ll meet Sidney Gantt, a stand-up comedian with a very “colorful” family. Sidney is Black, his wife is white and their three children fall somewhere in between. I actually convinced Sidney to participate in my Same Family, Different Colors video series after stalking him in…
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Parenting Mixed-Race Kids is Still Just Parenting
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I have a confession to make. Both of my boys are away at summer programs for the rest of July and I am soooo happy. Yes, I am freely admitting here on the world-wide web, that my life is infinitely more peaceful without three children. That seems pretty obvious; parenting one sweet,…
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“I Finally Look Black!” and Other Comments By My Kids About Color + Identity
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Last week, babygirl, who is now six-and-a-half, was playing in my room and trying on my clothes and jewelry. She picked up one of my African print scarves and tied it around her head, looked in the mirror and exclaimed, “Oh, wow, I finally look Black!” I stopped what I was doing.…
