Teaching A Multicultural Child About Holi Raising a Multicultural & Biracial Child My husband’s parents are from Northern India, and they are Hindu. They came to the United States from India in the 1970s. The preservation of their culture here in the U.S. is imperative to them. And it is also of the utmost …
12 Ways To Help A Child Learn About Culture “Culture is everything from the food, drink, language, and clothing that a specific group of people wear.” Our biracial (African-American and Indian-American) daughter absolutely loves the cartoon, Max, and Ruby. The other day when we were watching it, the character Ruby, in her somewhat all-knowing and …
A Perfect Match Interracial/Intercultural Marriage: African-American Woman And Indian Man About Us Hi, my name is Keisha ,and I’m an African-American woman. My husband’s name is Cyriac, and he is Indian. How We Met Keisha shares that we met, in person, at a Borders bookstore after first connecting on Match.com. I had no idea who …
Biracial Identity: Yes I’m Biracial, But I Embrace Being African-American Many of you wrote to us inquiring about the following article: Interracial/Intercultural Marriage-African-American Woman And Indian Man. In particular, you asked about Francesca and her racial identity. After reading the bonus section, you noticed that she solely identified as an African-American woman when she is …
IVF Vs. Adoption, Why We Chose Adoption: A Multiracial Family’s Journey To Transracial Adoption Tell Us About Your Family Hi, I’m Alexis. I’m a stay at home mom who works harder than she ever did in the private sector but, that’s just parenthood, right?!?! I’m married to a great man who also happens to be …
7 Ways Becoming A Parent Causes You To Morph Into Your Parents Before having our biracial (Indian and African-American) daughter, my husband and I had set rules and regulations for how we were going to raise her. My Husband is Indian, and his parents are from Northern India. I’m African-American, and we both grew up …
A Father’s Perspective: I Wanted A Son But We Had A Daughter Deeply Rooted Cultural Beliefs Growing up, as a person of Indian decent it is ingrained in you that when it comes to having a child having a boy is better than having a girl. The context for this line of reasoning is purely …
PART II OF LATHA AND ADRIAN’S STORY-PARENTING This is part two of Latha and Adrian’s story. Missed part 1–their incredible love story? Check it out here! LATHA AND ADRIAN’S TAKE ON MULTI-RACIAL/MULTI-CULTURAL PARENTING Latha is Indian and Adrian is African-American and Jewish. They have been married for over 20 years and have 1 daughter Nicolette. …
Motherhood: Being Mom Planned or unplanned a vacancy filled. Watching an expanding waist line turn into xlbs and xoz’s. More. Of. Me. Countless late night nursing sessions. More. Of. Me. Sleep deprivation. More. Of. Me. Blow outs, spit ups, and sit ups. More. Of. Me. Climbing, walking, and talking. More. Of. Me. Temper tantrums. More. …
Positively Reinforcing Multiracial Identity in Kids: Comments and Affirmations from around the web “Multiracial kids/people are disruptive to stereotyping just by existing.”—unknown RAISING A BIRACIAL CHILD As parents we want to be prudent in nurturing and fostering our biracial daughter’s understanding of who she is. Neither my husband nor I intimately understand what it is …
