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Raising Biracial Kids

Apr 09, 2020
this is from our viewer Corina she is from our affiliate kw WK bi in New Washington this is what she this is our question Oh, a message, what's up ma'am? My name is Karina and I am from New Washington, Indiana, I am a single mother

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a blended family. -baby race and my fear is that over time she will feel disconnected from her African culture as it is not something she is familiar with, so my question is what things can I do so that she does not lose her sense of identity and how Can I keep that spirit alive in her?
raising biracial kids
Well, I just want to add that the baby is African American mm-hm and she is Caucasian, obviously, I figured that out, so get that straight, so that's a good start, although she is educating herself on how to worry. you know, staying after American African, so that confused me too because it's different, you thought the baby came from Africa, right, yeah, I mean the dad after making my father American. I'm not even saying that my father is a black mother from America and my mother is black from Grenada, okay, I grew up with only my mother, so I grew up in a Caribbean home, but she thought it was very important for me to know my black roots Americana and my black American heritage, so he always made it his own. business to make sure she was in extracurricular activities, yeah, okay, you know, I mean, and that was something that she really took on as her role as a mother, so, for example, I was in a group called McKnight Successers, which was like at UCF. in Florida, in Central Florida, and it was a program for black

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who excelled in school and we would go there and have activities together and there would be workshops and panels, things like that, but I also made sure that I had a diverse group of friends, yeah , you know, that's what I was going to say.
raising biracial kids

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Things like it takes a village to raise what you do, a sign here, so I have a black mom. The thing is that I didn't know my father, his family. Did you feel that because you didn't know your paternal side? You didn't understand something about white culture. No, because he knew my father. My father was nearby. whereas in this case, yes, the father is not present, so, there is something that we say as a mother, it takes the right of the entire people to raise their child. It's true, then, what Amanda is saying, I think it's important to look around her in her community, to look at it. support group and make sure she has someone in that support group who looks like her daughter's teacher.
raising biracial kids
I have a friend who actually adopted a black girl and you know, come to me and don't be afraid to ask questions. you know, embarrassed, my friend is like she doesn't know how to do my daughter's hair and I'm like, thanks for caring, thanks for number one, I was able to teach her, take your baby to a black hair salon, you know, dollar late. cut, please, my God, we have heat, nothing cold, things like that that can work, her hair will also be talking, she will also be taught, yes. Oh, Savannah says there's no shame, butter, like shea butter, cocoa butter and make sure every skin is hydrated, yeah and your scalp and your scalp no, butters are important, you know, it's true. , it's very humid, you don't want the baby no need to scratch around the dry eye, yeah, I really like what you two are saying, not just obviously to Find people in the community who are of black descent so your daughter can be immersed in that culture, but also the mother.
raising biracial kids
I think it's also important for you to make sure you have a diverse mix of friends, especially of black descent. so don't just let your daughter learn about that culture, it would be beautiful and healthy for you to also learn about your daughter's room, but she dated a black man who doesn't need anything, now you know, yeah, yeah. Man, oh you know, he taught us little brothers nothing but what they get, he said a little song.

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