MixtKids

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

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There is no such thing as Hell!

Last week, this little boy at school, told PJ and her friends, “You & your friends are going to hell!”. In fact, this is more like the 3rd time this little boy has said this to the kids when they’re on the playground and don’t play by his rules. Being the Deist that I am, […]

OMG! Your hair! It’s so, so…nappy!

If you have kids that are mixed race with black heritage, you know the struggle with hair.  It can be absolutely gorgeous, or absolutely horrific.  An example, yesterday PJ had a playdate with her best friend and classmate.  Of course, they wanted to swim all afternoon and didn’t give me much of a chance to […]

“Don’t speak Spanish, you’re in America, speak English.”

So, I’m drinking coffee and reading CNN. Nothing different than any other morning. After PJ and Ken leave for school and work and MJ goes down for morning nap, I bust out the ol’ Mac and get to work. But today, this one particular article really caught my attention right off the bat. First, I’m […]