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[successfulblackparenting]

5 Ways to Get Your Kids Interested in Cooking

5 Ways to Get Your Kids Interested in Cooking

It is essential to get your kids interested in cooking to encourage them to actually like cooking. After all, they will not magically develop a passion for food unless you plant the seeds early on. Thankfully, there are plenty of ways in which you can spark your kid’s interest in culinary arts and ensure that they have a lifelong love of eating good food. Here are five tips on how you can get…

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[milkcos]

lemonade mouth/band au! more notes under the cut

lemonade as in like the disney movie! so there are a couple like clear comparisons but mostly it's the bad kids get stuck in detention together except they form a band instead of an adventuring party

fabian > no equivalent (olivia vibes)

the most popular kid at school who is both in dance and on the football team. somehow gets decent grades as well. no close friends, but a lot of people who know him and want to get on his good side. kind of depressed, and his dad's currently in prison. he started playing the guitar as a way to show off and then genuinely started enjoying it

adaine > mo

she's a concert violist (playing the viola) always an accompaniment for her sister and is striking it out on her own for the first time. her family is very upset about this, and consistently puts her down so she'll go along with they want her to do. also she recently transitioned to going to public school for the first time, making her the new girl.

kristen > no equivalent

she's recently ex mormon, got out of her parents house (currently living in her car) and without all of her former friends stuck in a student president position that she got when she was still with the religion. questioning her sexuality after one too many encounters with the soccer team captain, tracker. used to be on the church choir, was a bit too enthusiastic about it.

gorgug > no equivalent (charlie vibes)

he's got like one or two kinda friends (mainly fig). extremely busy with his classes and with marching band and self isolating as a result. he's stressed out about living up to his parent's name (they run a very successful electric engineering company). signed up to work as a sound tech for the theatre department bc one of the female stage managers is very cute (zelda) and then discovered that he rlly like it.

riz > no equivalent

no friends! (other than maybe the AV club + penny) too used to burying himself in work at both his part time gig and with his insane amount of extracurriculars. started playing the piano bc he heard it helps with memory retention and overall cognitive ability.

fig > stella/wen

she's the cool loner skater kid who is the floater friend mostly? she's got a maybe relationship with ayda, who she loves to annoy at the school library. very interested in making her own music not very interested in school. freaking out over her parents getting remarried. her mom enrolled her in music lessons when she was younger, and it's one of the only things she can talk about with her mom these days.

#dimension 20 #dimension 20 fantasy high #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #d20 fhjy #kristen applebees #fabian aramais seacaster #fabian seacaster #riz gukgak #fig faeth #figueroth faeth #gorgug thistlespring #adaine abernant #mik.png #the bad kids human form <3 #band au #lemonade mouth au #human au #kristen is the honorary white girl of the group #other ethnicities other than fabian's are kinda up in the air #riz i though pinoy/southeast asian #gorgug polynesian & the thislesprings are hispanic? #fig is east asian/native or some combo #adaine east or south asian #fabian's black on both sides of the family (obv) and mixed as in one parents black american and the other african #not rlly set but thoughts i was thinking while drawing out facial features

[everlastingrandom]

Food genetics are so weird. I may be weak to tannins, but at least I can enjoy cilantro. Raw fruit makes my mouth itch and I’m learning that I’m more likely to be sensitive to salt (!?) My relationship with dairy grows more tenuous by the day

#:0 been talking to my parents about medical predispositions lately #my dad is dealing with hypertension rn so that’s something I’m definitely going to have to be mindful of as I get older #my mom is in great shape but her family has a history of strokes #:0 am African American but I have a little white ancestry three generations back #food #genetics

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Florida has blocked the College Board from testing a pilot Advanced Placement African American Studies (APAAS) curriculum in the state under Governor Ron DeSantis’ “Stop WOKE” Act. According to a letter obtained by National Review, Florida’s Department of Education’s Office of Articulation said the curriculum “is inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value.”

The pilot course, which has been tested at 60 schools across the United States, aims to expand the advanced coursework offered by the College Board into the study of the African diaspora in the U.S. The course has run afoul of DeSantis’ widespread ban on teaching “critical race theory” (CRT) in K-12 classrooms. CRT is an analytical framework that seeks to dissect the manner in which racism has shaped American legal theory and institutions. The concept has been co-opted in recent years by right-wing reactionaries to fearmonger about any and all discussions of race and discrimination.

The “Stop Woke” act, signed into law by DeSantis in 2022, essentially prohibits instruction on race relations or diversity that imply a person’s “status as either privileged or oppressed is necessarily determined by his or her race, color, national origin, or sex.” The bill also bans both schools and workplaces from “subjecting any student or employee to training or instruction that espouses, promotes, advances, inculcates, or compels such individuals to believe specified concepts constitutes discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin.”

In November, U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker issued a temporary injunction on a portion of the law that attempted to place similar restrictions on higher education. Despite several challenges to the law on grounds of First Amendment rights, Florida has continued to lead the charge against comprehensive education on the racial history of the U.S. Several other states have passed similar legislation, including Texas, Idaho, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Oklahoma.

DeSantis has centered his administration around governance through culture war grievances. The governor passed a similar law last year, known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill that granted the state broad powers to implement prohibitions on instruction on issues of gender and sexuality in Florida schools. Under the guise of his anti-CRT crusade, the Governor is reshaping Florida education in the image of the far right, recently announcing a plan to forcibly overhaul the New College of Florida, and transform it into a conservative institution. With increasing pressure on teachers and professors to avoid topics like race and gender lest they face the wrath of the state government, that transformation is effectively taking place though government-enforced censorship.

#us politics #news #2023 #rolling stone magazine #rolling stone #Advanced Placement African American Studies #stop wrongs against our kids and employees act #stop w.o.k.e. act #National Review #Florida #department of education #Office of Articulation #African diaspora #Judge Mark E. Walker #critical race theory #don't say gay bill #parental rights in education #gov. ron desantis #conservatives #republicans #gop

[yodeleyewho]

Excerpt from the PMT chapter of “The Making of Miami Vice

In late 1984 his agent, Kaye Porter, sent him the script for Miami Vice, then entitled Gold Coast. He loved the script but was rejected after his first audition. “I told my agent they were nuts. I said, “No one can do this but me.” Several weeks later he was called back to read with Johnson. The chemistry that flared between the two men is legendary. “We read and the magic was happening. It was like fire and air.” Through some curious combination of experience and timing, the roles seem perfectly tailored for just these two. Their camaraderie is part of what makes the show work on both an emotional and a visual level, and even now, and they move into position for another take on a scene from Sons and Lovers, the chemistry between them is unmistakable.

As Thomas has said, “We’re like two halves of a circle that came back to make a whole. We have an animal magnetism, a realistic quality that stems from the personal lives we’ve lived.” His coppery skin and smoldering green eyes distinguish his appearance. His looks once confused modeling agencies wanting to fit him into a particular racial category, but Philip refused to be categorized. “I’m American gumbo, part American black, part American Indian, part Irish and part German.” Tubbs and Crockett never mention race. They’re not avoiding it. It’s simply irrelevant. Michael Mann feels Thomas represents a new kind of black man on television. “He’s an extremely sophisticated, urbane black man who’s proud of and draws from black culture… without making it into his identity.”

When he talks about Tubbs, Thomas sees reflections of himself: “Tubbs is many things. He’s a gypsy, a serious dealer. There’s a secret, secret part of him I’m not interested in revealing to anyone yet. I want you to always expect the unexpected,” he remarked in a Genesis magazine interview. And part of the unexpected are the quirks that Thomas himself instills in the character. The Jamaican accent, for example, or the depth of emotion that comes across during Crockett’s soul wrenching confession in Evan. Or the the sensuality Thomas portrayed in the love scene with Phanie Napoli, who played Angelina in Calderone’s Demise.

#i remember when I told my parents (African American and Afro Caribbean) abt what Michael said abt Tubbs in that line #and they laugheddd #miami vice day 2023 #miami vice #sonny crockett #don johnson #rico tubbs #80s #philip michael thomas #80s television #80s icons

[detective-piplup]

🇿🇦?

THE ONLY OTHER CORRECT ANSWER anon you’re now my favourite

#South African heritage!!!! means I have a weird fucked up accent that makes everyone think I’m American #I wasn’t born there and have never been but both my parents were South African and my dad can even speak Afrikaans too #he never taught me though #answers anonymous #answered ask

[allthislove]

Every so often on the internet, somebody tells me I'm "not Black", either because they saw me and I'm lighter skinned or because of some random, fucked up belief they have about what constitutes a Black person, and I really need y'all to get a grip. Someone can live their entire life as a Black person, with Black parents and grandparents and siblings and cousins and aunties and uncles, then get on the bird app in 2023 and have weirdos tell them they're not Black, or y'all favorite new term "white passing" just because they're lighter than I guess Kelly Rowland and like...

We understand that having lighter skin is a privilege and everything, but it isn't being white. I'm nowhere near whiteness, and people irl remind me every day. I'm not even directly mixed with anything (I'm mixed the same way most African Americans are mixed, and my dark skinned brother and sister have the exact same admixture. DNA is amazing and capable of anything.)

I swear to God, y'all have got to stop telling people they're mixed, white, white passing, or whatever else just because someone isn't dark skinned online. We have lived entire lives before you saw us, and we have an entire family that you have never seen. You cannot tell us who we are.

#tw racism #white passing #African American discourse #african american #Black people only #Meghan Markle #halle berry #tagging them because they're high profile targets of this #but they at least are actually mixed race #I'm not #my mom is black #my dad was black #i look exactly like both of them #so they are my legitimate birth parents #i just somehow am lighter than my parents and siblings #i am the same color as my dad's little sister

[b-m-s-c]

#kings and queens #black pregnancy #black art #black women #black fatherhood #black fathers #black man #black mothers #black parenting #black birth #black girl magic #black leaders #black leadership BMSC #BMSC #black power #african american art

[urbanmommyinc]

Navigating Difficult Conversations: Talking to Your Children about the War in Israel

Photo courtesy: Associated Press Discussing war with children is never an easy task, especially when it hits close to home. The ongoing conflict in Israel can be particularly challenging to address, as images and news on social media can easily reach young eyes and minds. However, it is crucial to have open and honest conversations with our children, providing them with reassurance and…

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#African american #difficultconversations #family #kids #Middle East #News #parenting #peace #talkingtokids #Urban Mommy Inc #war #warinIsreal

[pumpacti0n]

Dr. Joy DeGruy - Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome. How Is It Different From PTSD?

#Dr. Joy DeGruy #post traumatic slave syndrome #ptsd #uploads #african american history #slavery #trauma #black history #generational trauma #emotional abuse #parental abuse #child abuse #appropriate adaptation #youth liberation #socialization #social science #behavioral science #psychology #Youtube

[wood-addict]

If you listen to the words in this song says it all she crazy in love with someone not featuring her! This is the bitch Elisabeth Troy when I refused her advances on holiday in Thailand where she followed me! Dumped her at the banjan tree resort in Phuket so she could lounge by the pool drink herself silly do lots of nose powder Ghana bitch wanted to hang out with the fashion and celebrities music and Primrose Hill set there. Now that to me was work I wanted to explore the country and culture. Anyway she met Kate moss (nose powder while pregnant?) and told her I was a paedophile and later when I lived in nyc added Rapist to that accusation. I am a gay man who likes other men not boys definitely not girls! What is it with black chics you don’t fuck them on command and they tell everyone your a peadophile it’s happened to me 3 times! It’s one of the reasons I don’t do black girls hair anymore! Don’t miss all the weavery and wiggetry at all. Sad thing is it gave the fashion set dream team something to talk about and spread like wildfire thanks to Kate, Naomi,Ronnie Newhouse, Edward Enningful and Pat McGrath all these bitches I used to work with they knew me and they destroyed my reputation in Uk and Europe and America it’s why I stopped hairstyling all together be careful if your a stylist for any of these and 3 British Black chicks Elisabeth Troy(Ghanaian) Naomi Campbell (jamaican yigga) and Ineka Burke (Dominican green eye redskin bitch). GOOD LUCK IF YOU WORK OR CHECK FOR THESE BITCHES! They want Chinese in them I Wasian because they want pykny with good hair some bitches please??? Crazy Love alright??? #fashion #fashionblogger #hair #hairstylist #music #musicbusiness #musicblog #fashioneditor #magazine #fashionshow #fashionshoot #celebrity #celebrityhairstylist #fashion #music #blackbritish #african #africanamerican #blasian #wasian #asianamerican #blackgirlmagic #ghanian #ghanians #lgbtq #lgbtq🌈 #lgbtqia #gayparents #lesbianmoms #lesbians @gay_parents_of_the_world @gay.parents.connect @gayparentmagazine prepare your possibly gay children for straight people! 2nd generation here!@gay_times_group

#fashion #fashionblogger #music #music journalist #music business #fashion editor #magazine #fashion magazine #elle #Marie Claire #numero #nylon #lofficiel #gay times #lgbtqia #lgbtq community #gay men #gay parents #lesbians #african american #black british #caribbean #hairstylist #makeupartist #photographer #fashionista #asian #asian american #Wasian #asia

[successfulblackparenting]

After College Career Crusade: Charting Your Path to Success!

Graduation is looming, and the pressure to find a “real job” is on. But don’t panic! Just like those frantic late-night searches for a domyessay coupon codes to help you ace that last-minute paper, charting your career path is all about finding the right resources and strategies. So, ditch the stress, and let’s embark on a career crusade together. Forget the Crystal Ball Forget about those…

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#adaptability in careers #African American parent magazine #African American parenting #African American parents #black parent magazine #black parenting #Black parenting magazine #black parents #building professional relationships #career development tips #career guidance for students #career planning for graduates #college to career transition #internship benefits #job search strategies #lifelong learning #networking tips for students #successful black parenting #successful black parenting magazine

[the-arcade-doctor]

*puts pants back on in shame and fucking dies*_

[ x-term, obliterate this nigga. ]

#before you ask yes i can say it #one of my parents are african american

[noperopesaredope]

I will never understand why there aren’t more “supportive Black dad” characters. I do understand that there are a variety of different types of dads out there. Not all Black dads are perfect or good, but the thing is that most of the Black dads I’ve known/met are very loving and affectionate towards their children.

Maybe it’s because my dad is Black and I grew up in Philly (which has a primarily Black population), but I always remember my dad taking me to the park each weekend, and I would see a lot of other Black dads doing the same with their kids.

I remember how, even when some of them looked really tired, they would light up when their little child came over to them excitedly to show them or tell them about something or other. I remember the attitude of “I would die for this child.” Even now, I see some guys who talk very proudly of their children and what great jobs they are doing.

Maybe I just want to see dads who look and act like my dad, and other father figures I had growing up who just so happened to be Black. Those guys who are the exact opposites of the “absent Black dad” stereotype. Who are the embodiment of “Dear Theodosia”. Who like to bond with their children and take them places.

I am a sucker for characters with parent issues, but please give me some fluffy stuff too. More importantly, please give me more examples of supportive and loving Black dads in the media. Not even just ‘strict but loving’ or ‘overprotective but loving’, but also ones who are supportive of their kids’ interests, are a normal amount of protective, and will welcome in their daughter’s new boyfriend.

Please, I am begging you. I know that not all people are lucky in the dad department, but give us representation for Black dads who are loving and supportive and somewhat laid back but still careful when necessary.

The characters who look like my dad don’t fully act like my dad, and the characters who act like my dad don’t often look like my dad. But dads like mine exist, and there are a lot more of them than shown in the media.

I just want to see a character who is like my dad. A loving, supportive, Black dad.

#black #african american #black culture #black dad #dad #father figure #black fathers #fathers day #today is not technically fathers day but i wanted to make this post in general so here you go #breaking stereotypes #supportive parents #i want more of this #black representation #representation in media #family dynamics #i am begging #for the love of god #i want this so bad #good dad #loving dad #black men #black life #the black experience #honestly i want more diverse representation for adult black men

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Fla.) said in an interview Sunday that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) drumbeat of policies targeting Black, transgender and LGBTQ people are “fascism.”

During an appearance on “CNN Newsroom,” host Jim Acosta asked Frost, the first Generation Z lawmaker to serve in Congress, about how Democrats should take on DeSantis.

“We take that on by number one being bold in our messaging and calling it out for what it is,” Frost told Acosta, saying that DeSantis was not attempting to improve education with his policies, but was “acting on scapegoating vulnerable communities due to his failures.”

“This is what we’re up against in Florida right now and it’s hard to keep track of because it seems like there’s a new victim, there’s a new bill every day,” he added.

“But we have to call it for what it is: He is abusing his power and using the state to target political opponents and political enemies. And there’s a word for that, and it’s fascism, and we have to be honest about it.”

According to The Washington Post, Republican lawmakers in Florida have proposed a new batch of legislation that includes proposals to require teachers to use pronouns matching children’s sex as assigned at birth, and establish a universal school voucher program.

DeSantis also signed the Parental Rights in Education bill, also referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, into law last year, which prohibits state educators from talking about sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through third grade and limits such instruction in other age groups.

And the Governor sparked criticism earlier this year after he barred the teaching of an Advanced Placement African American studies course in the state school curriculum.

Frost’s remarks come as DeSantis is widely seen as a leading contender for the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination, though he had indicated an official announcement will not come until after the state’s legislative session.

“It’s just a problem for Florida now, sure. But in a few years, it can be a problem for the nation,” Frost said of DeSantis’s political tactics.

“We need everybody to pay attention and talk about how he’s targeting trans folks, targeting not just Black history, but Black people in general, which is American history, and targeting marginalized communities across this entire state,” Frost added.

“And here’s the sad, sad part, Jim. He’s doing it because it’s polling high for him in the Republican Party. And I think that says a lot about the state of that party right now.”

The Hill has reached out to DeSantis’s office for comment.

#us politics #news #the hill #2023 #florida #CNN Newsroom #jim acosta #republicans #conservatives #gop #gop platform #gop policy #rep. Maxwell Frost #gov. ron desantis #fascism #the washington post #don't say gay bill #parental rights in education #ap african american studies

[thescattered1526]

Why I'm traveling to a different African country every month in 2023.

I was on the phone with a friend recently, and he asked me what sparked my interest in traveling throughout the continent of Africa. It’s funny that he asked me that, becasue I’d asked myself the same question just weeks ago. I shuffled through a catalogue of memories and landed on the one that I believe spurred my curiosity. I was a college student when I met someone who would become an important part of my life, his name was Akin. Akin was Nigerian and he got my attention in the dining hall of my college when he asked me if I’d ever eaten Nigerian food. I quickly answered “No I haven’t”, honestly I’d never even been curious about Nigerian food, or any kind of African food for that matter. He offered to take me to a party where Nigerian food would be served, I thought it might be something cool and different we exchanged numbers and that decision would change the course of my life. Fast forward two years later and I was pregnant, Akin was battling federal drug charges, and, the very real possibility that he could be imprisoned for the next 15 years. I was a Black unemployed college student living on the southside of Chicago. I felt as though every negative stereotype attributed to Black unwed mothers living in the inner city applied to me and I was ashamed of it. I was raised in a legalistic Christian home, where pants, nail polish and secular music (among other things) were forbidden, so being an unwed mother was especially shameful for me. I wanted to die, or at least disappear, but instead of disappearing I grew, with every month that passed I got bigger and bigger, I would be a mother in a few short months.

One day while visiting Akin at his home he and his sisters began talking about African Americans. While I don’t remember everything that was said by everyone during that particular interaction, one thing that Akin said while laughing will stay with me forever, he said that Nigerians had only sold the “dumb ones” into slavery. His siblings didn’t take issue with his comment, and I was completely dumfounded. I felt hurt, angry and completely disrespected. For the past two years I’d been excited to learn about Nigerian culture, I adopted customs foreign to me, traditions that included me kneeling to any number of his family members. I tried to learn words in his mother tongue, Youruba.  Did he not understand that his entire family was benefitting from hard fought liberties people that he jokingly referred to as “dumb” died for. I was so hurt that I went numb, and couldnt find the words to express my disappointment at the deep level of ignorance and arrogance I’d witnessed. That day was a turning point for me. Since that painful conversation, and various others I my circle of friends from the African continent has grown. My friends from the continent have expressed the hurt they’ve felt being on the receiving end of ridicule because of their African names, or because of their accents. I have African friends who have shared with me the deep level of ignorance African-Americans (among other Americans) have expressed to them including thinking that African people live among wild animals and are unclothed. I can’t imagine how disappointing it must be for our African brothers and sisters to travel so far only to be received by African Americans ignorant of the rich cultures they are a product of.  Africans people throughout the diaspora have harmful preconconceived notions about one another and I’ve always wanted to create a space where we could better understand one another. 

In the coming months Akin was found guilty on all charges, and was sentenced to six years in federal prison of which he would serve five. After satisfying his prison sentence he would be deported to his home country, Nigeria. I went into early labor due to stress and gave birth to my daughter Nyomi a few days after the guilty verdict was handed down. During my pregnancy I made three promises to myself. The first was that, I’d finish college, the second, was that I wouldn’t use the birth of my child as an excuse to not pursue my dreams, and the third was that I would not judge all people based upon the comments made by a few. 

This year I have a lofty goal to visit one African country per month; the purpose of this is to experience Africa's beauty and connect with people, learn about various African cultures, and maybe even myself on a deeper level. I hope you’ll join me on my journey of discovery by following my blog and my Instagram page @thescattered1526.

#diaspora #african american #travel #american #africa #parenting #pregnancy #unwed #education #prison