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9 Instances When Electronic Devices for Children Should not be Allowed*

9 Instances When Electronic Devices for Children Should not be Allowed*

I understand all the ways electronic devices can be beneficial to our children. They are lucky to have so much information readily at their fingertips and we are fortunate to be able to answer some of those once unanswerable questions they pummel at us with a single swipe. The internet makes their worlds smaller and connectionsContinue Reading

What They Didn’t Teach us in Adoption Classes about Raising Black children

What They Didn’t Teach us in Adoption Classes about Raising Black children

In preparation for adoption, we took multiple classes through our agency. We learned everything from general care of children (the easy part) to honoring our children’s cultures and how to work through the emotional needs of children who join a family through adoption. With regards to adoption of black children by white parents, they warnedContinue Reading

On Parenting and Peeing

On Parenting and Peeing

Since I began parenting, I have operated under the delusion that I would one day be able to pee without interruption. I figured it would happen around the time all of my kids were in the double-digits. Did you get the word “delusion”? Delusion! Wanting our kids to clearly understand that there are so veryContinue Reading

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