WHERE ARE THE SOUTH-ASIAN CULTURE LEARNING TOOLS? THE SANSKRITI BOX The Sanskriti box is a monthly subscription box for children. It brilliantly provides parents and educators alike with storybooks and activities from South-Asian culture. The box can be customized to the size of your family and touts itself as “helping you to build a library that can …
Our multicultural family has had nomadic tendencies. See habits of successful career nomads for more details on what I mean by this. To add to this, my husband travels globally for work and as a result we have been able to travel to some incredible places. One place that we are particularly fond of is Hawaii. Hawaii is renowned for …
You Know You Are A Parent When… Unequivocally since becoming parents approximately 5 years ago, my Husband and I can candidly say that not one day is exactly like the other. Although repetition is touted to be “king” in raising a child the act of being a parent is continuously met with: laughs, wonderment, and challenges. Parenthood is …
16 REASONS WHY PARENTS REALLY NEED OTHER PARENT FRIENDS My Husband and I have some amazing parent friends that we don’t get to see as often as we’d like to. However, when we do get the chance to see them it feels like we just saw them yesterday but it has in fact been months. …
IS DAYCARE REALLY THE ANSWER? My Indian Mother-In-Law has been unwavering in her stance that our biracial (African-American and Indian-American) Daughter needs to go to daycare. Since the time she was around 6 months old she has almost daily asked us “is she in day care yet?” Her belief is that day care will teach our Daughter …
www.growingupgupta.com Naming A Multicultural Baby When my Indian husband and I were dating, as cheesy as it may sound and is, we came up with names for our children to be. After we got married and I became pregnant we restudied and further investigated the spelling and meaning of our beloved baby names. We wanted to ensure that the names …
JUST SAY NO TO CRYING IT OUT! Prior to Amaya’s grand entrance into the world we glamorized countless baby books. Sustaining hopeful expectations that our child would be like our friends kids and that parenting would be tiresome but also fun and not overly demanding. We had heard that sleep would be a sorely missed …
Fourteen months ago, I left my job to become a stay at home Mom to my now 2.5 year old daughter (see Habits of successful career nomads). I had worn multiple hats and had been in numerous Sales, Marketing, and Business Development roles during my 16 year tenure. I had hunted and warrior road traveled from being a Sales Rep …
5 WAYS TRAVELING WITH A TODDLER IS MORE AMUSING THAN THE REAL HOUSEWIVES The Real Housewives of “whatever” is a guilty pleasure of mine. I wouldn’t even know the show(s) existed if it weren’t for my husband who got me hooked by watching one episode with him. Which one? The Real Housewives of Orange County! Sitting …
FIRED FOR BEING PREGNANT During my 5th month of pregnancy I was fired from my job as a VP of sales for a start-up company. The laws in the U.S. did not protect me as an expectant mother because the company I worked for had less than 15 employees. Of course, I was traumatized with: 6.5/ 7 months under …
