Tag: awareness
No Recipes: Insights From Generations Past on Teaching and Modeling Anti-Racism...
Years ago, as a young mother and educator, I started writing a parenting book, which was far more audacious than I understood at the...
Postpartum Depression on the Small Screen
As a survivor of postpartum depression, I’m always curious when I hear that a television show will have a storyline about the illness. A...
Books That Help Open Conversations With Your Kids
I remember when I was working as a teacher. I would look everywhere for interesting books for my students. I didn’t like getting traditional...
The Intersection of Food Allergies and Privilege
I’ve written about food allergies for Westchester County Mom (here and here), as well as a food allergy-related nonprofit and posting a lot about...
Ways to Help Children Understand How to Be Anti-Racist
Protests for racial justice and conversations about what it means to be anti-racist have led parents and educators throughout the world to soul search....
No, I Won’t Censor for My Little Kid
I use the word “no” a lot with my almost eight-year-old daughter -- to most requests for junk food, to staying up “just a...
How to Be an Ally to the Black Community
Let me start off by acknowledging the confusion and fear that many of you are experiencing. As the world watches the rise of our...
Holler If You Need Help! You Are Not Alone
During this time of COVID-19, domestic violence has increased within the Tri-state area and across the nation due to social distancing and staying at...
Standing Together Because Black Lives Matter
Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. - Benjamin Franklin
The circumstances surrounding the death...
Forever in Our Hearts: Remembering Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month
As the cool air blows in, I bid adieu to the summer, the season that I said hello and farewell, all in the same...










