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Guest Post by Mari Villaluna This Thanksgiving many families will celebrate a holiday founded on the genocide of Native people....
Rethinking Thanksgiving, Part 2—Taking Action
This post is part of a series exploring ways to decolonize Thanksgiving. Read Part 1 of this series here. When...
Rethinking Thanksgiving, Part 1—Getting Educated
This post is part of a series exploring ways to decolonize Thanksgiving. Read Part 2 of this series here. As we...
Tell Me a Story
This is the first in a series of posts on personal narrative and storytelling. Stay tuned for more posts on...
I’m More Interested in #BlackLivesMatter than #BlackFriday
Being being black in America right now is frankly depressing. With all that is happening, the urge to to go back to “business as usual” seems way off base.
Teaching Gratitude…
There will always be those with a little more, and those with a little less. But, short of sounding like a broken record (and really, how effective is lecturing anyway?)… how do we help our children explore the concept of GRATITUDE in a truly meaningful way?
25 Great Games for Family Game Night
So the packages have been unwrapped, the pies and cookies have been eaten, and one more week away from school...
Do You or Your Friends Really Need More Stuff ? – Talking about Consumerism this Holiday
I’ve been talking with my family about ways to focus on GIVING rather than RECEIVING this holiday. Here are two ways to get the conversation started.
Free Printables: Holiday Table Questions
My family LOVES asking each other questions. Download these free printable “table questions” to share with your family this holiday.
Top 10 Fall Family Activities in the Bay Area
Every weekend, we spend some time together as a family and go outside together. We call them our “Family Activity Days”, or FAD for short. We try to keep it active, like city hikes, or bike riding or “soccer”. But mostly, it’s just having fun together and being grateful that we have this amazing time together. Here are a few of the things we’ve been doing this fall in the Bay Area.
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