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Goodnight Stories for Multiracial Children:
Breanna Carter Graduate Student at the University of South Florida Abstract: This critical content analysis examines two children’s books made for multiracial children that were published between 2013 and 2015 and how they can be used as tools for mothers to guide their children through the racial climate of the U.S. today. These books can be used as tools for mothers of multiracial children to help their children self-identify as multiracial. The theoretical framework used in this study is social identity theory (SIT) (Bilig & Tajfel, 1973; Hogg, Terry, & White, 1995). The results of this study indicate that (1) hair, (2) outside perceptions, and (3) multiracial celebration/positivity are found in the two multiracial children’s books to be used by mothers to help multiracial children identify in U.S. culture.
By Breanna Latoi6 years ago in Families
My baby girl
Today I will write about my personal experience with postpartum. Women have generally talk to me about how hard it is to raise a baby and those sleepless nights but what they haven’t mentioned is how we mentally and psychically feel after having our babies. Those first few weeks after given birth was truly hard for me and sometimes even now I get those days where I just wanna lay in bed and cry all day. Postpartum starts right after you give birth to your baby but not every women experience are the same or even how long it last.
By Wendy Sepulveda6 years ago in Families
I'm Sorry I Mispelled Your Made Up Name
It's 3 days before Valentine's day and I open up my daughter's book bag to go through her folder of homework and things sent home and in the pile is a pink piece of paper that says "Valentine's Day Party" on it. I pull out the paper to read it, as I do every single year, and can't help but say out loud "What the hell is our world coming to?!" On the sheet of paper is a paragraph about the classroom's Valentine party and exchange of Valentine's Day cards and under it a list of 23 names. Of those 23 names only about 4 were "traditional" names. And many of the names had really crazy spellings. Some of the names were so long, I knew there was no way my 8 year old daughter was going to be able to write the names on the cards herself since she still writes large and not very neatly (thank you whoever decided we should not teach handwriting in schools anymore).
By BeautifulDreamer6 years ago in Families
Study shows Baby Temperament affected by Maternal Sensitivity
A recent study published reveals that a child's temperament may be influenced by maternal postpartum depression, maternal sensitivity, and family functioning. Maternal depression was associated with difficult temperaments in infants when maternal sensitivity was low, but not when maternal sensitivity was high. Family functioning similarly moderated these links.
By Frank Racioppi6 years ago in Families
5 Tips to Safely Raise Gentlemen with Work Ethic
Although kids are extremely cute when they are tiny, before you know it, they’ll be as tall as you are or realistically, even taller. Part of raising children is teaching them manners. And these apply to both girls and boys.
By Tony Bleak6 years ago in Families
She is...
You know I have many strong women in my life. My birth mother who gave me up so I could have the best life, my adopted mom who raised three boys as a single parent, and my fiancé who raised my step daughter as a single mother for 6 of her now 9 years of life.
By Xavier Gonzales6 years ago in Families
SAHM
I am the mama of a little boy, and as great as it is to get to stay at home with my son sometimes people don’t realize what that actually means. I’m not kicking back and just doing whatever it is I want. Some people forget the sacrifices women give up. I want to share with you what it’s really like for us moms who have chosen to stay at home with our kids.
By Chyann Jane6 years ago in Families
