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SAHM to Working Mom After 5 Years

by Shandean on June 4, 2022

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When I got pregnant, I didn’t think transitioning from being a SAHM to working mom would take five years. Back then, I agonized over the…

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Code-Switching: Teaching My Child English Before Patois

by Shandean on March 12, 2022

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My daughter is five years old and is prone to code-switching between English and Patois in an instant. She does it like a boss, and…

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4 Alternatives to Force-Feeding Children

by Shandean on January 16, 2022

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As a young child, I recall my parents force-feeding me. After 30+ years, I remember it vividly. Sitting over a single dumpling for hours (or…

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The Cost of Having a Child in Jamaica (Kingston)

by Shandean on October 29, 2021

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The true cost of having a child is sometimes sugar-coated. As a matter of fact, many people are ragged on for not reproducing. I can’t…

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Chlorine Hair Damage: What I Didn’t Know as a Mom

by Shandean on August 22, 2021

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When my daughter started taking swimming lessons earlier this year, I had no idea that I needed to be protecting her from chlorine hair damage.…

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Summer Activities for Kids

by Shandean on July 10, 2021

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I’ve never had to concern myself about summer activities for kids before. As a millennial mom, it’s been a long time since I’ve been bothered…

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To My Husband and Father… On Father’s Day

by Shandean on June 20, 2021

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Father’s Day is a celebration of Dads. It’s a day when we recognize the efforts of men who are father figures and actively raise children…

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Getting Our Four-Year-Old Out [Our Bed]

by Shandean on May 8, 2021

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When I became a mom, I talked candidly with my friend about how I didn’t want to prolong having the baby in bed with my…

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How to Encourage Kids’ Hobbies

by Shandean on April 13, 2021

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When I was a little girl, my parents allowed me the freedom to pursue my hobbies (which were pretty tame) so long as they didn’t…

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I Sent My Daughter Back to Face to Face Classes

by Shandean on January 24, 2021

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My husband and I cautiously made the decision to send our daughter back to face to face classes this January after a few false starts…

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Family Unity: My Spouse Comes First

by Shandean on July 31, 2020

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I know this topic is discussed to death and there are opposing ideas on whether parents should put the children first in a marriage. I’m…

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Becoming Mother: Three Years A Mum

by Shandean on October 21, 2019

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To accurately describe the still very young journey of motherhood that I’m on is to fail, and do so miserably. What I can say, is…

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Jamaica’s Perception of Discipline

by on October 2, 2017

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How can we sit down and JUSTIFY a parent becoming so engulfed in rage, that we are actually placing ‘buts’ in the response to a mother wielding a MACHETE with no regard for the life of the child she believes she is disciplining.

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