My daughter, Suni, enjoys a cupcake at a friend’s birthday party. | LAUREN / info@honeycombmoms.com When I wrote on Monday about trying to positively reinforce certain behaviors of my oldest child, I promise I thought it would take a whole week before I had an update. But here we are two days later and I’ve …
Suni and I went on a special Mother’s Day road trip with her grandma and brother in 2022. This is us at Sweet Potatoes Kitchen in Savannah, Georgia. | MICHELLE BRELAND Having a daughter has been a treasure like no other. My sweet Suni is so much like me in some ways and so beautifully …
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I worked three years for Daily Kos, a “progressive” news hub anchored by its use of both community-submitted articles and staff content. I was a senior writer focusing on the trickle-down effects of white supremacy, police brutality, appraisal and housing discrimination, racial profiling, inequity in education and healthcare disparities. I wrote about two stories a …
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When 5-year-old Skylin Jamrowski found out her mother and stepfather were two of 22 people shot and killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, she cried and asked her grandmother: “Is he going to come and shoot me?” When I read the words in a CNN post, I wanted to …
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Moms and dads, you don’t need to buy everything in the baby section of your favorite store. Here are seven items to skip on your baby registry.