10 HILARIOUS TODDLER SAYINGS As a new parent you never know what your child is going to say, or when they are going to say it. Our journey in parenthood thus far has been exhausting, trying, beautiful, and humorous. We wanted to share some of the humorous sayings we have encountered thanks to our 3 year old …
Teaching A Biracial Child To Love Their Skin “Barbie, Elsa, And Shimmer & Shine Are All The Same !” I want to look like Elsa, Mommy she is prettier than me!” My heart sank as a parent to a biracial, 3-year-old, child upon hearing her utter these words. Like many toddlers, she loves Frozen, …
Trials And Tribulations Of Multiracial Kids Hair Care Hair Daze After our biracial (African-American and Indian-American) daughter was born, I presumed that taking care of her hair would be a breeze. No, it’s not the notion that because she is “mixed” that her hair would be easy to comb and style etc. One of the labor and …
Teaching A Multicultural Child About DiwaliTeaching A Multicultural Child About Diwali The Festive Roots Diwali Trunk I had reached out to a company by the name of Festive Roots after seeing that they provide Indian festival and holiday trunks for kids. Their trunks are intended to aid parents, teachers, and those interested in helping their children …
Racially Colorblind Myth Why I Don’t Believe In Being Racially Colorblind “Wouldn’t it be great if we could all be celebrated instead of just tolerated!” “Do you think racism will ever cease to exist?”, my Humanities honors teacher pressed me after class. I was the only African-American in his class of approximately 30 students. “No!”, …
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 …
BECOMING MRS. DAD It has now been 1 year and 7 months since I left the corporate world and entered into the life of a stay at home mom. A life that has earlier wake up calls than my prior job did and immediate demands that don’t end until our toddler is sound asleep. Resounding demands …
Tandoori Fried Chicken and Curry Garlic Potatoes We couldn’t believe our eyes when we came across this cooking video called Curry with Murray. This African-American and South-Asian couple provided us with their delectable fusion cooking video to share with our readers. This video was a pilot for a cooking show. Bloopers are included! As an …
