“One of the students was having a hard time with the new topic. As the teacher began to step aside and help the student, Sophia chimed in and told the teacher she would get up and go over and help the other student out.”
‘This is Sophia’s math teacher. I wanted to let you know about what happened this morning.’: Mom stunned by daughter’s act of kindness for struggling classmate, urges ‘we rise by lifting up others’
‘Mom, a boy in my class asked me if Olivia has autism.’: Woman shares proud mom moment, advocates for education
“I am proud of Robert’s classmate for asking this question as well. He simply asked a question regarding something he wasn’t sure about in an appropriate manner.”
4 Tips For Raising Daughters Who Support Women
“If history is any indication, it isn’t other women we need to be watching out for.”
There Is A Lot We Can (And Should) Learn From What Happened To Gabby Petito
“My mom asked, ‘Have you heard about the van life girl who is missing?’ I couldn’t let this story go. There were so many weird similarities between her travels and my own.”
‘Hey, you shouldn’t talk like that.’ Another student was saying rude things about kids in the lunch line.’: Woman shares proud mom moment, ‘I’m raising a leader who stands up to bullies’
“My stomach dropped. All summer, she’d been expressing anxiety about making friends. This had the potential to be exactly the thing to crush her confidence.”
‘His tiny body was suspended between her arms and mine. The silence seemed too BIG for the hospital room.’: Adoptive parents create community to bring multicultural education into homes, give flowers to expectant mothers
“Our mighty guy picked flowers from our garden to give to his birth mom. He hugged her, celebrated his 2nd year of life with her, and basked in the attention of so many people who love him. I’m grateful.”
Sometimes, I Don’t Want To Be The Mom
“Sometimes, I don’t want to worry about the drinks and the snacks and the sunscreen and the chairs and ‘Did you go potty?’ or ‘Make sure you bring a jacket!’ Sometimes I don’t want to make dinner. Again. Or load the dishes. Again. Sometimes, I’m not ‘cherishing every moment.’ I’m surviving.”
‘When numbers and letters claim a child has fallen behind, here’s the thing. There is no behind. Behind is a flat-out lie.’: Mom urges ‘our kids are so much more than how the world measures them’
“Our kids are so much more than how the world measures them. We cannot measure their hearts and their souls…but oh, if we could, the beauty found there would bring us to our actual knees.”
3 Ways White Moms Can Implement The ‘Race Talk’
“What we say in our homes leaves once our children walk out the door.”
I Fear For My Family And Random Black Men I Don’t Know, Because Every Last Hashtag Was Someone’s Baby
“This is real life. These are the parts your Black friends don’t tell you, because we exist in the world you create for us in your head.”
