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White Wellness Culture & Why It’s So Complicated for People of Color

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonApril 29, 2022April 29, 2022

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonApril 29, 2022April 29, 202204675

White women don’t own breastfeeding. I thought that was obvious and something that didn’t need to be explicitly stated. That was until I wrote an essay on the ways that white wellness culture has affected my parenting choices, and attributed...

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5 Ways to Help Your Kids Feel Less Stressed About Homework

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonApril 14, 2022April 20, 2022

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonApril 14, 2022April 20, 2022063563

Sponsored by Paper It starts from the minute they walk through the door. The whining and complaining about homework is something most parents have to contend with on a daily basis. We don’t really blame our kids — we didn’t...

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White Wellness Culture Has Influenced The Way I’m Parenting & It’s Bittersweet

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonApril 13, 2022

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonApril 13, 202202995

When I gave birth to my first child almost 10 years ago, none of my family seemed to understand my parenting choices. They were supportive and curious, and far more helpful than judgmental, but they noticed immediately that I was...

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The One Thing I Really Want for Mother’s Day & No, It’s Not a Break From My Kids

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonMay 8, 2021

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonMay 8, 202107009

The past year has been chaos. There have been so many unknowns, so many new challenges, so many old struggles and so much hurt and pain for so very many people. To stop and think about it all at once...

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My Multi-Racial Kids Helped Me Connect With My Afro-Latinx Identity

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonFebruary 23, 2021

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonFebruary 23, 202104034

From as early as I can remember, I recall my Puerto Rican parents and grandparents drilling into me that we were a mixture of African, European and Taíno. That knowledge and the rich culture associated with that particular Afro-Caribbean genetic...

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Why Latinx Moms Need to Know the Truth About Black History in America

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonFebruary 22, 2021

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonFebruary 22, 202105533

As a Latina mom who was born and raised in the United States and is now raising children in the same racism-plagued country, my eyes are open. They haven’t always been, at least not completely, though something was always there...