Dear Anti-Racist Parent,
I am a white parent and have two sons (ages 6 and 8). I am committed to doing all I can to raise them in an anti-racist environment. Education is critical to this goal.
However, I have been disturbed by how both of my son’s pre-school teachers began teaching the history of […]

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic!
Anti-Racist Parent Janet writes: “Love to see the cute kids — here’s one of my two sons and daughter.”
If you’d like to submit a pic to us, please email us at team@antiracistparent.com. Please include a caption we can use, and let us know what […]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Cloudscome
Weaving a Family: Untangling Race and Adoption by Barbara Katz Rothman. Beacon Press, 2005.
Rothman is a professor of sociology at Baruch College, CUNY. She’s written several other books on motherhood, giving birth, race, and gender. In Weaving a Family Rothman talks about her own experience as a white mother of three […]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Lisa Marie
I come to Anti Racist Parent as a black woman, as a transracial adoptee and as a woman who recognizes parts of myself as a mother to my friends, my family, my youth, and my students - while at the same time, I have no biological children.
I was born […]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Paula
Apparently I was the first Asian Rick had ever seen in real life - up close and personal.
“Wow. You are so healthy looking. I mean, I think it’s great. I just didn’t think. . .Wow. . .Really. . . You are just so. . .so healthy.”
I first met […]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Jason Sperber
Before my daughter was born, I knew what kind of father I wanted to be for her. My babygrrl was going to be raised to be a fierce, strong woman of color. I was going to make her iron-on onesies emblazoned with portraits of Yuri Kochiyama, Angela Davis, […]

by guest contributor Jen Chau, originally published at The time is always right…
I hung out with Katie this weekend – she has gotten so big. The last time I saw her, she mostly looked at me with wide-open googly eyes, but on Saturday, she was completely with me. She laughed and giggled, made funny faces, […]

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic!
Anti-Racist Parent Ryan writes: “Here is a picture of my three sweet children! ‘Yoda’ (a.k.a. Arie) was a hit this year in his little costume. He’s so tiny that when he walked in it he waddled just like Yoda himself! As […]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Tami Winfrey Harris
When my husband and I began making plans for my 13-year-old stepson to move from Chicago to live with us in our new home in central Indiana, I was ambivalent. I promise I am not a wicked stepmother. I love J. He’s a caring kid with a fun personality […]

Dear Anti-Racist Parent,
I’m not an anti-racist parent, and I don’t exactly plan on becoming a parent any time soon. I’m nineteen years old, biracial, and I have three half-brothers from opposite sides of my family. My mother’s son is Puerto Rican and Pakistani, and my father’s sons are Polish and Irish. They’re all under the […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Do you read Anti-Racist Parent religiously, but want to take your understanding of race and racism to the next level?
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by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Maegan “la Mala” Ortiz
According the Wikipedia, babywearing is the practice of carrying your child in a sling or other type of carrier. The actual term babywearing was coined by Dr. William Sears, father of the Attachment Parenting movement, that advocates the development of a strong secure emotional bond/relationship between parent and […]

I wrote this piece a few years ago when I was a monthly columnist for a parenting-related site sponsored by a child advocacy organization. Disclaimer: I really enjoyed writing for that site, and my editor there was the best. However, this particular column was nixed because what they were looking for was more […]