Books to Teach & Celebrate Black History All Year Long

 It is Black History Month and I recently saw someone say that Black History is redundant and the reason he said this was because simply, Black History is American History and we should be teaching it all year long. We have been teaching a filtered version of our history to make it sound nicer, but the only we can do better is to teach our children the truth so we can actually learn from mistakes and do better.


Books to Teach & Celebrate Black History All Year Long


Today I'm sharing some books to help teach and celebrate Black History Month not just in February, but all year long.


Add THE CROODS: A NEW AGE to Your Family Collection

The first prehistoric family is ready for another rocking adventure! The Croods have survived fanged beasts, natural disasters, and even young love, but now they must face their biggest challenge yet: another family! In search of a new home, the Croods discover a walled-in paradise created by the sophisticated Betterman family (emphasis on the "better"). Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, and Peter Dinklage star in this hilarious animated comedy for the whole family!





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How To Keep The Morale And Mental Health Of Your Children Thriving

As a parent, you’ll know that the life, health, and happiness of your child or children is the most important thing. You may have worried about yourself and the way your life panned out before, but as soon as your child was born, the priorities switch immediately. Your life and the things you wanted were put on the backburner – they’re still there, but just not as essential as they once were.


How To Keep The Morale And Mental Health Of Your Children Thriving


In terms of the health of your child, you’re going to want to focus a lot on their mental side. It goes without saying that their physical health should be thought about, but many parents (especially those in the past) often unintentionally ignore what they’re thinking and how they’re feeling. Fortunately, mental health is being taken a little more seriously in this day and age, so you’ll get a lot more help and more methods of learning in this regard. 

Whether you have an autistic child in your life or one with no signs of a mental impediment, their thoughts and feelings are influencers heavily in their impressionable years – so it’s up to you to make sure they’re in the best possible place. Sometimes, their brain might work in a way that needs a little medication – you can give them the best possible advantage, though. Here are some things you can do: 

Why We Need to Teach Children to Be The Boss of Their Bodies

 I don't make my kids hug or kiss anyone they don't want to. I was never forced to as a child because different experiences that my mother had growing up. I was always thankful that my mom never made me because I would go through phases of being shy.


Why We Need to Teach Children to Be The Boss of Their Bodies


Quite a few years ago now, my husband's family had a Christmas party and my husband's Aunt told my daughter to come give her a hug. My daughter looked at me timid and I told her she didn't have to do anything she didn't want to. So she didn't hug her and just said, "Merry Christmas". Later, my mother-in-law confronted me about how she thought this was rude and "It was just Aunt [name redacted]". This was an uncomfortable conversation since I don't like confrontation, but it needed to be said. It wasn't about undermining or embarrassing anyone, but educating. I told her that I would never force my children to be hugged or kissed by anyone even if that person is their Great Aunt because it's their body. I also mentioned how they don't know her very well because they don't remember seeing her at all. I don't know what changed my mother-in-law's mind for sure, but she no longer expects the grandkids to hug anyone that they don't want to.


The reason I have this rule is simply, I don't want my kids to be groomed for sexual abuse.

Easiest Way to SHAKE into Creative Marketing

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Shake by IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine.

I have considered myself a content creator for a few years now. Have you ever thought about starting your own business in the field of Creative Influencer Marketing? It has been a great way to work from home and provide for my family while creating my own flexible schedule. But it is still a very unknown field with many different variables. How do I monetize my content? How do I find people willing to pay for my work? What if no one notices me? What are other creators charging? This post isn't about how to start your own blog, but this is a revolutionary way I have found to get you on the track to monetizing your creative content.

Shake into Creative Marketing


I have just come across a new marketplace for creators hosted by IZEA that takes so many unknowns out of the equation. It's called Shake. The platform helps individual influencers, photographers, writers and musicians collaborate and transact with marketers. How it works is you can create a profile on Shake with all of your optional services, rates, example work, basically like a resume! You can share what you have to offer, whether that is Instagram posts, content writing, photography. Creatives list “Shakes” on the site and Marketers buy creative deals through a streamlined chat experience, assisted by ShakeBot™. Plus you can find other creators that are similar to you and see what they are charging as well. Then brands will notice you, what you have to off, and hire you based on your rates.