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A blog for parents passionate about racial justice and striving to raise socially concious kids

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The Top 5 Reasons Well Meaning White Parents Do Not Discuss Race With Their White Children

Posted on May 29, 2020May 31, 2020 by strivingshannon

This is a post for well meaning white parents of white children and I’m going to cut straight to the… Read more The Top 5 Reasons Well Meaning White Parents Do Not Discuss Race With Their White Children

Watching My 5-year-old Wrestle With His Whiteness

Posted on April 17, 2018April 17, 2018 by strivingshannon

I am a white woman, married to a white partner, raising two white children, ages 5 and 3. For the… Read more Watching My 5-year-old Wrestle With His Whiteness

My white children know Black Lives Matter. Do yours?

Posted on May 3, 2017May 3, 2017 by strivingshannon

At the end of every day, we practice gratitude with our children. Each of us names something we are thankful for that… Read more My white children know Black Lives Matter. Do yours?

Interrupting whiteness with my white children

Posted on March 30, 2017March 30, 2017 by strivingshannon

I am a white, cisgender woman, married to a white, cisgender man and we have two white children. I started… Read more Interrupting whiteness with my white children

The messy story behind the Black Lives Matter sign in my white family’s window

Posted on February 24, 2017February 24, 2017 by strivingshannon

 A few weeks ago, I placed this yellow, intersectional Black Lives Matter sign created by Matice M. Moore, a Black… Read more The messy story behind the Black Lives Matter sign in my white family’s window

On hashtags and fleeting white outrage

Posted on September 26, 2016September 26, 2016 by strivingshannon

Here we are again. We just got through another week filled with horrific brutality against Black men and children by… Read more On hashtags and fleeting white outrage

Thoughts on “Revolutionary Mothering: Love On the Front Lines” from a White mom

Posted on August 18, 2016August 18, 2016 by strivingshannon

The social justice book club I participate in just finished Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines, edited by Alexis Pauline… Read more Thoughts on “Revolutionary Mothering: Love On the Front Lines” from a White mom

10 lessons I’ve learned as a white parent striving for racial justice

Posted on July 20, 2016July 21, 2016 by strivingshannon

It’s hard to believe, but A Striving Parent turns a year old today. A year ago, after the Charleston massacre of… Read more 10 lessons I’ve learned as a white parent striving for racial justice

“But what can we do?!” A white mother’s reflections on racial justice and parenting

Posted on June 6, 2016June 6, 2016 by strivingshannon

On June 18, 2015, I woke up to news that 9 Black people had been killed in a Charleston, South… Read more “But what can we do?!” A white mother’s reflections on racial justice and parenting

Resisting the urge to look away

Posted on November 25, 2015 by strivingshannon

I published my first blog post for A Striving Parent only four months ago. Four months is no time at all, but I am… Read more Resisting the urge to look away

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