Tag: parenting teens
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My Teen Didn’t Want to See “Harriet,” I Took Him Anyway
Hello Meltingpot Community, As you all know, I live with two male demons teenagers who can make my life feel like a constant battle of wills. It’s a struggle, people. Almost every day. But like my mother before me, I persist. Let me explain. Even though I’m not totally convinced that my boys know that…
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The Threat of Teenage White Boys
The irony isn’t lost on me, that I’m writing this post on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a day presumably meant to focus our energies and attention on racial reconciliation and justice. Instead, I’m thinking about an incident that has captured the nation’s attention and involves people of color in conflict with white people. Of…
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Summer’s Over and We’re Heading Back to School
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Sorry for the late post, but today I was busy from 6am to 8pm in full-on mommy mode. Getting three kids out the door for the first day of school, complete with silly photos and a few tears, takes a lot of time and energy. This year I have a freshman in…
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What Color is Violence in America?
In the wake of the rise of student activism promoting stricter gun control laws and all of the media attention its been receiving, there have been cries of foul. Why? Because student activists in urban communities haven’t received the same level of attention or support for their efforts to curb gun violence, despite the fact…
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Raising Teens is Hard. Is There an App for That?
There’s nothing worse than thinking you alone are raising the spawn of Satan. When I lived in Brooklyn, New York with my two toddler boys, there was nothing I liked more than hanging out at the playground with other moms and their kids and realizing that my sons could have been a lot worse. At…
