Tag: parenting

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10 Pandemic Parenting Lessons I’ve Learned

It's crazy to think where the world was around this time back in 2020 to where we are now. I've stopped assuming it'll get better and just only hope it won't get worse. Being a parent during the pandemic has had its own set of challenges. From online learning to canceled playdates to cautiously-prepared playdates, it's been a rollercoaster. Keeping Bear focused and on task has been an even
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Explaining Death to a Child Really Sucks

Over the weekend, my puppy, Shorty, died. He was 14 years old and was in poor health for a short while. He had a series of seizures and my mom finally took him to the clinic where the vet confirmed the seizures were actually heart attacks and Shorty had cognitive heart failure. She gave my mom medication and I hoped that would've extended his life. They found him dead in his
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Choosing a Good School is so Elementary.

The current issue that is stressing us the fuck out plaguing our family right now is where to send Bear to elementary school. We're not talking for a year. We're talking something he'll like for five years or more. While we were assigned to a school, it's not one that we want to send Bear to. The Great Schools rating is lower than hell, and some online reviews of said
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Oh yeah, that giveaway

So, last week I mentioned I was giving away a little care package courtesy of Munchkin. Well, life happened (hubby returned from Ukraine with gifts, but that's another post later this week), and I didn't get a chance to do the giveaway. Now, here it is! [gallery ids="7689,7690" type="rectangular"] I received this from Bear's school and had two of them. Obviously, we don't need two so I'm giving one away to a
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Join Me at the Mixed Remixed Festival Tomorrow!

If you're in the L.A. area, please stop by and hang out for a bit. Meet some wonderful people and watch me speak on Parenting and Protecting your Mixed Race Kids from Bullying (wow, that's a mouthful!). I'll share my perspective from being bullied as a parent of a mixed-race child and the steps I'm doing to protect Bear.     
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Why My Son Has His Own IG Page

[caption id="attachment_6707" align="alignnone" width="2448"] Courtesy of me. Bear's IG is @bogdanbear[/caption] There's often a debate on how much a child should be exposed on the world wide innanets when he has no say in that exposure. Some parents are very private with their children and you rarely see a pic of them. Some are like, 'Hey, you want see a picture. I have 19797893423 of them. Here you go!' Some parents
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Consider It All Joy

Let's go to church for a minute... Having a toddler means plans can change at any time. You might be set on something happening at a specific date and time only to figure out how things are going to be at the last minute. So, we were planning to go to Bear's first Halloween event at his preschool. Just when we were getting ready to leave, Bear decided to take a
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How To Survive Your First Toddler ER Experience

My Mother's Day weekend 2016 is something I won't forget anytime soon. We went to the #LALovesPrince concert on Friday and it was super fun! (To see our adventures, click here.) And then Saturday happened. Bear had a slight limp on the night of the concert and I didn't really think anything of it because he did walk around a lot. Saturday morning, however, his limp grew more pronounced and it
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Can You Judge Without Being a Douchebag?

Judging. Side-Eyeing. Taking a second look. Yeah, we've all done it. You see something either in person or online and you take another look at the situation before you pass judgment. When people say they don't judge, bullshit! They do judge! It's how we elect state officials. It's how we test drive cars. It's how we choose schools, either for us or for our children. It's how we decide who we want
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It’s Like That

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI2cwfluyNo&w=560&h=315] To co-sleep or nah? For a peculiar reason, cosleeping/bedsharing is a hot topic in the family/parenting world. I never quite understood why until I became a parent. There are many pros and cons and I'm sure, even if you're not a parent, you can think of them. But this blog post isn't about that. It's about our experiences thus far in the land of co-sleeping. It wasn't something we intended to