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"I'm Not a Savior" - And That's a Good Thing - When Privilege Sneaks Into Parenting #adoptiontruths #adoptiveparentjourney #antiracismparenting #bipocvoicesmatter #deceteringwhiteness #listentoblackvoices #parentingawakening #parentingwithhumility #saviorcomplex #transracialadoption #unlearningprivilege #whiteparensraisingblackchildren Jun 01, 2025

Even thinking of yourself as a “rescuer” assumes someone else needed saving.

That someone else had misfortune. That you’re offering them something they didn’t have.

And the heartbreaking part is - your children feel that imbalance, even if they don't yet have the words for it.

They life in a worl...

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I Didn't Know How to Care for Their Hair - And I Didn't Know How to Listen #antiracistparenting #blackhair #blackjoystartsathome #blackpride #culturalhumility #dobetterlearnmore #hairisidentity #parentingawakening #parentingwithawareness #raisingblackkids #transracialadoption #transracialparenting #whiteawakeparenting #whiteparentingwakeup Jun 01, 2025

When my twins were toddlers, I remember being called out about their hair.

Strangers—Black strangers—would approach me in the grocery store or at the park with comments that, at the time, I interpreted as criticism.

“You’ve got to moisturize their hair.”
“Whew, they’re dry, mama.”

In my head, I w...

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How History Gets Rewritten - And Who It Leaves Out #bipocvoices #decolonizeeducation #erasedvoices #hiddenstories #historicalinjustice #historyandpower #racialawakening #raisingblackkids #rewritinghistory #truthtelling #unlearningwhiteness #whitewashedhistory #whosestoryistold Jun 01, 2025

I was born and raised in the Netherlands—in a white bubble.

A bubble where I learned history as it was written by the victor. I didn’t know to question it. The textbooks told clean stories of explorers and progress, and I memorized the facts that helped me pass the test.

But the deeper truth?
Thos...

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When Family Doesn't See Your Family #adoptiveparenting #belongingandidentity #chosenfamily #familyestrangement #generationaltrauma #invisiblefamily #lovebeyondblood #parentingwhilewhite #raceandfamily #raisingblackchildren #transracialadoption #whitenessandprivilege Jun 01, 2025

I’ve learned there are two kinds of pain:
The pain you expect, and the pain that catches you off guard.

The pain I expected? Sleepless nights. Toddler tantrums. The challenge of parenting children with trauma-impacted nervous systems.

The pain I didn’t expect?

That came from family.


The Obitua...

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The Hair Talk: What I Didn't Know About My Black Children's Hair #antiracistparenting #blackjoystartsathome #culturalhumillity #dobetterlearnmore #everydayracism #hairisidentity #parentingawakening #parentingwithawareness #raisingblackchildren #transracialadoption #transracialparenting #whiteawakeparenting #whiteparentswakeup May 31, 2025

When my children were toddlers, I remember a moment in the grocery store—an older Black woman looked at my kids and said something about their hair. She was kind and gentle but I was taken aback. Defensive. Embarrassed.

Inside, I thought, Why are you criticizing me? I was doing my best. At the time...

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When They Don't See Your Kids black children matter breaking silence disrupting whiteness everyday racism family and race hard truths parentin in color radical empathy raising black kids transracial adoption unseen and unheard white parent awakening May 31, 2025

I remember the first time I noticed it.
We walked into a store, and I smiled politely at the clerk. My kids were with me—beautiful, radiant, curious.
No one greeted them. No one made eye contact.

I was offered help. They were not.

At first, I thought maybe I was imagining it. I told myself, “It’s ...

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I Didn't Know What I Didn't Know: The Day I Became a White Mom of Black Twins anti racism anti racist family life coach for white parents of black and brown kids love is not enough painful truth raising anti racist kids seeing whiteness white awake parenting white mom of black kids white mom of black twins white parenting white parents of black and brown kids May 31, 2025

I’ll never forget the moment I got the call.

“Congratulations—you’re a mom!”
I gasped.
“Of twins.”
I gasped again.

It felt like my entire life shifted in a blink. Just like that, I went from wondering if adoption was really happening to knowing with every fiber of my being that it already had.

Bu...

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