Tag: single parent
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Maintaining family traditions; stability in a world that often isn’t.
At a time when so much in their lives is changing, the ability to rely on mom’s sometimes quirky traditions offers the nurturing and stability they so desperately need.
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Technology Addiction: Are you a bad influence?
I am making a conscious effort to be aware of the wall I put up between myself and my children (and my spouse/partner) when I am obsessed with technology.
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Teachable Moments: Why I took my seven year old daughter to see Selma
Did she have to sit and listen to stories like I did as a young child never seeing the beauty and ugliness of those who both fought for and stood ignorantly in the way of universal love and freedom? I was torn between my own strong emotions about the project and being a responsible parent….so…
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Who are you trusting with their brain?
My children started school today, and all around the country there are parents buying school supplies, new clothes, bookbags and countless electronic devices in order to prepare their children for the new school year. We spend so much time and money getting the “things” we need, but what is just as important for me is…
Parenting Today's African American Children 