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How to Talk to Kids About Cultural Rituals
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The Day My Mother Said ‘My Daughter is Like a Son’
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Why We Need to Embrace Arguments with Kids
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Parenting: The Impact of Mixed Cultural Messages
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Bicultural Marriage: Naming a Mixed Child
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9 Benefits of Being in an Intercultural Marriage
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How Parents Can Handle Disappointing Grades
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Juggling Kids and a Writing Career
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Talking to Kids About the Refugee Crisis
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Fussy Kids? Teach Them To Be Thankful
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What I Want My Daughters to Know About Relationships
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Adapting Parenting Style in a Bicultural Family
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Navigating Family in an Intercultural Marriage
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Does Obedience Make a ‘Good’ Kid?
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Parenting with Intent
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When Parenting Styles Clash Across Cultures
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Madh-Mama: Blogging An Intercultural Marriage
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Breaking the Desi Dad Stereotype
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How to Make Your Birthday Party More Inclusive
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Managing Relationships With Your Adult Children
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3 Tips to Become a Better Parent
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Nurturing Compassion in Your Child
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16 Healthy Ways to Fight with Your Partner
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Moving From House to Apartment: 3 Tips
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Teaching your Child to be Safe on Social Media
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Searching for my Indian Mother: An Adoptee’s Story
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From Pakistan to Toronto: How to Adjust to Colder Climates
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Adventures In Raising A Feminist Daughter
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Staying in A Marriage For the Sake of the Children
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Resilient Kids: How to Overcome Struggles for Independence
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Helping Your Daughter Deal with Rejection
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How to Talk to Your Toddler About Death
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How to Break Free From Gender Stereotypes
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How Do You Talk to Your Daughter About Makeup?
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Dear Toy Industry, Don’t Forget the Boys
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The Priceless Wedding Gift I Will Give My Son
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What We Need to Teach Our Children About Abuse
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The Year I Slowed Down…and Showed Up
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OnStar: Providing Your Family Peace of Mind
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The Perfect Parent Twitter Chat with Parenting Author Roma Khetarpal
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14 Things I Want to Tell My Daughter
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Pillow Talk & Marriage Vows
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The Stigma Attached to Adoption in South Asian Culture
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Second Chances: A Dad’s Perspective on Fatherhood
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Welcome to Our ‘Parentologist’: Roma Khetarpal
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Empowering Our Daughters: A Twitter Chat
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The Benefits of Choosing A Midwife For Birth
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Teaching Kids to Share
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Single-Child Guilt: The Pressure to Have More Children
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The Deadly Cost of an Invisible Divorce
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Empowering Girls, Raising Strong Women
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Plan Your Cultural Moments With Your Newborn
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Can Being An Adopted Mom Impact the Way You Parent?
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Bindi Bains: A Bodybuilding Mom of Two
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Managing Bullying with Kids
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ArticlesBeing a working South Asian woman is our day job, but being a masalamomma is 24-7. Whether you’re living in an extended family, on your own with kids or with a partner, sometimes you don’t have the answer to that parenting question or challenge. Should you be on your child’s Facebook page? What school should you choose for your child? What’s the latest parent must-have for your baby? Here, you’ll find tips from experts and our very own masalamommas on how to tackle issues for all ages: baby, toddler, preschooler, teen and young adult. We’ll also provide suggestions and interviews with other inspiring masalamommas about finding their own version of the “right balance” of culture and parenting.
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