The Third Culture Kid’s Struggle To Fit In | Paige Porter For Djibouti Jones I would need to play along like music and football are important to me too. I would need to pretend I care about the things they care about and stay quiet when ignorant or hurtful things are said about the poor about the minority or about the hurting. I would not be free to explain my heart and the things I’ve learned to love because of my beloved third-world country that raised me. The thing is, it feels to me like . . .
How to involve your kids in sports without ruining your weekend
I've written before about how hard it is to balance all of my kids' activities. My kids are involved in music lessons, dance, chess club, scouts, and sports, and it's hard to keep everyone going in extra-circulars without sacrificing quality family time (and downtime). I've found this to be particularly true with sports. Previously, having each of the kids in a sport has meant that we have four kids on four different teams, usually translating to multiple nights of practice. And then don't even . . .
Family Portraits 2013
One of the traditions that is a part of our holiday season is getting a family portrait taken. I’m sentimental about family portraits. Since I’m usually the one behind the camera, it’s rare that I get photos of myself with the kids. I love that hiring someone gives us a series of pictures as a family together, and captures that stage in time. This year, I hired Kristin Rogers to take our photos. I’ve been a longtime fan of her work on instagram and was thrilled to find out she is local to me. . . .
Mama Said: How do you negotiate conflicts with neighborhood kids?
On this episode of Mama Said, Sarah and I are talking about solving conflicts with neighborhood kids. Negotiating with neighborhood kids can be really difficult. How do you deal? . . .
Rage Against the Minivan t-shirts that give back
I’m excited to announce a new line of Rage Against the Minivan tees. Some friends of mine are in the apparel business and approached me about doing a small line of tees, and we worked hard to come up with designs and cuts that I thought people would enjoy. I really wanted the t-shirts to be comfortable and flattering. I’m a t-shirt snob and I tried on dozens of samples before choosing ones I thought would feel good on anyone . . . not too snug, not too baggy, with just the right amount of . . .
What I want you to know: I converted from Christianity to become Muslim
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest posts is by Alejandra. I grew up in a lower-income household. My father was disabled, and my mother gave up her dreams to support us. I was the youngest of three girls. We were not a typical Hispanic . . .
10 Book Series to Read Aloud with Your Kids
I fail at a lot of things as a parent, but one thing I think Mark and I have done well is teach our kids to be voracious readers. (Here’s an earlier post about raising kids who love to read). One thing we are trying to do more of is read together, aloud, as a family. There’s something about all of us sitting around the table or on the couch together getting immersed in a story for the first time. Of course, it can be a challenge to find a book that appeals to our spread of ages and—this is . . .
Scoutfit: not just for outfits
This post was sponsored by Scoutfit. A couple weeks ago I wrote about a new service that helps monitor sales of things you put on your wishlist. Scoutfit lets you designate clothing (or makeup or furniture or anything, really) and then combs the internet once a day to check if the item you want is on sale. It watches a huge number of websites including most of my favorites:Gap,Madewell, J. Crew, Free People, Anthropologie, and Old Navy. It even utilizes a little browser button (like the Pin-it . . .
Ten inspiring quotes from Nelson Mandela
I’m inspired by Nelson Mandela every time I think about his 27 years in prison, his strong push to abolish apartheid, and his work on racial reconciliation and poverty.Over at Babble, I’ve collected some of my favorite quotes from Nelson Mandela, and in the wake of his recent passing, I hope they inspire you the same way they inspire me. . . .
Mama Said: How has your style evolved as a mom?
On this episode of Mama Said, Sarah and I are talking about how our style has evolved (or devolved?) since having babies, and how we're getting our groove back as they get older. How about you? Do you feel like having kids changed your style? And have you gotten it back or just found a new normal? . . .
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