The Rev. Kelli gave me permission to reprint her words. I hope this helps all you mothers and fathers out there when it comes to teaching your children the meaning of love and the beauty of all colors…
White privilege exists, as does Black privilege, though the nature of each is very different. White’s gain the […]
All of our children are in varying stages of development. My friend’s daughter, only a month younger than my son (who will be four this spring), has discovered the joys of self-exploration and will explore herself anywhere. Mom is understandably verklempt at the situation, stuck between a desire to allow her child the freedom to […]
Kiri Davis, a young filmmaker, has turned her lens on young children, recreating a social experiment performed over fifty years ago. In 1954, psychologist Kenneth Clark asked black children which of two dolls they preferred: the black doll, or the white.
In 2006, Ms. Davis recreated this experiment, asking black children which doll they liked more… […]
“Mama, I won’t let you die. Not until you’re Big Old like great grammie is,” my son told me about a month ago. He’s at an age where he’s trying to wrap his head around such big thoughts as ‘next week’ and ‘dead’. with equal devotion to the seriousness and bigness of the subjects. He […]
(I wrote this last year when I lived in Dubai, and thought I’d share)
My son has great taste in mothers. As he races around the playground with his beloved Hussam, his first best friend, I drink coffee and chat with Hussam’s mother, a woman of incredible intelligence and knowledge, of deep calm and sweetness.
My son […]
We don’t have a television. I say that with some pretense at superiority, but the dirty little secret in our house is Noggin.com
My kid’s a video game addict. I’m going to have to pull the plug. But that’s another post.
Part of me is fighting getting a television, because I’ll use the television to buy myself […]
Motherhood: A tough job, but someone has to do it
Written by Sherry Osborne for b5media.
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