MixtKids

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

Category: Raising MixtKids

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 […]

Finally saying “thank you.”

OK, better late than never!  PJ finally finished all her ‘Thank You’ notes for her birthday party and gifts.  She’s handing them out to her friends in class today.  Her birthday was April 21st and yes, that was a month ago.  In her defense, she handmade each on.  Yup, all by herself, words, pictures, everything. […]

Oceanside, the true “melting pot”

So, the girls and I were in Oceanside today.  In So Cal, we refer to Oceanside as O’side.  It’s a beach city just north of San Diego, very close to Camp Pendleton Marine base, and has long been know as a city full of gangs and crime.  Well, a lot of that has changed!  OK, […]