MixtKids

One Mom's journey to raise empowered mixed-race children

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Enough with the “good hair” comments already!

Obviously, I’m not black, but my girls are mixtkids and their father is black.  So, I know all about this “good hair” thing that is so much a part of the black community.  Both have curls and lots of them.  My oldest not only has a lot of curls, but a lot of hair [thanks […]

My baby, MJ, is 1 years old now! From 6 lbs to 23. Boy what a year makes!

And a public “pump” for Animoto.com.  If you haven’t used this service or heard about it, you MUST check it out!  I can’t say enough. Anywho…My beautiful baby girl celebrated her birthday on the 6th of June.  We had a huge party [more to come on that tomorrow].  Lots of family, friends, food, fun and […]

Every school needs a “safe walk” program!

“In three weeks, we were able to get gangs and trouble-makers away from the school area,” community activist Danny Perez said about the Safe Walk program he helped organize for the Escondido Union School District. “We were expecting results, but not so soon.” The North County Times [Gary Warth] published an article this week on […]