Tag: Parents

Whenever I look up stories about children who were raised by narcissists, the most common narrative is how parents acted like children, making children grow up faster to care for them and themselves. Obviously, this is a tragedy. It means children forgo their right to be children. What I don&rsqu...

Iwas born in May, 1960. My parents were hard-working, kind, and loving. I had a good upbringing, learning plenty from both of them about how to behave and how to treat people around me. Like anyone born in the UK in the 60s, we never had a lot but we weren't aware of it. In the early-mi...

Moreover, learning children fashion can also be a fun and enjoyable activity for parents and children to do together. It can be an opportunity to bond and create memories while exploring different styles and trends. Additionally, teaching children about fashion can help them develop an appreciation ...

Then my Dad died, and my Mom started having more health problems. Eventually, she developed macular degeneration, which affects a person’s close and reading eyesight, and which made it difficult for her to drive. Soon my siblings and I were taking a more active role in taking her to doctor app...

Michelle Zauner’s recent story “Crying in H Mart” has been making rounds among my facebook friends. If you haven’t read it yet, you really should; it’s a beautiful piece about how she reconnects to the Korean half of her heritage (after her Korean mother and aunt p...

Discussing multiraciality, transracial adoption, and identity have incited the most heartfelt and passionate debates I have ever witnessed in my professional or personal life. Multiracial families (both adoptive and non-adoptive) and mixed-race people are living symbols, and also walking targets, fo...

Too much emphasis has been put on the "fears" of White parents who do not want students to learn about America's legacy of racism. In recent years, numerous school districts put their voices on a pedestal, drowning out the voices of Black parents and those from other marginalized group...