Meet the ‘Radical Brownies’ – girl scouts for the modern age
Girl Scouts with a difference!
View ArticleIt’s our job as parents to teach our children to embrace ALL people.
An Awesome song by MattyBRaps (Original Song by Cyndi Lauper) “The Forever Years” loves this! It’s our job as parents to teach our children to embrace ALL people. This video is a beautiful example of...
View ArticleBonding With Your Adopted Child
Originally published in WTE (What to Expect), Pregnancy and Parenting Every Step of the Way. Author’s name not present. It’s perfectly normal for adoptive parents to look at their new child and wonder...
View Article“The Dark Horse”: A Movie Review… and a Chess and Children’s Champion.
“The Dark Horse” (released in July 2014 and directed by James Napier Robertson) is a film telling the true story of a Māori ex-speed chess champ, Genesis Potini, a “…charismatic, brilliant, but...
View ArticleYay for Barbie’s New Looks! By Mary Bowerman and Hadley Malcolm
Barbie may now look a bit more like the rest of us, curves and all. Mattel, the maker of Barbie, announced Thursday the iconic doll will now come in three new body types and a variety of skin tones...
View ArticleGrowing up Maori in NZ: My daily experience of racism at school, playing...
I was 9 and it was the middle of religious education at our state primary school when a lady told our class that God didn’t love the Tuhoe people because they were terrorists. I still remember that...
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