• Home
  • About Diedre
    • Contact Me
    • Featured On
    • Privacy Policy
  • Curly Hair Care
  • Motherhood
  • Marriage
  • Parenting
  • Postpartum Doula Services

Are Those Your Kids

Raising Biracial Kids in Today's World

Uncategorized

Are Those Your Kids: Introduction

July 3, 2015 Comments : 3

Welcome to my blog! My name is Diedre.

My name is pronounced Day-dra. I’m often told that my name is spelled wrong.

Then I give the history lesson on my name.

Diedre, Deidre and all other forms are derived from Deirdre. I know my name isn’t spelled phonetically, but neither are several other words in the English language.

IMG_8325.JPG

I decided to write this blog because surprisingly, there aren’t many like it. I’ve had to do my research when it comes to hair care. Both of my girls share the same genes, but their hair is very different.

I’ll be touching more on this topic in future posts as well.

I’ll talk about what I’ve found works, as well as what hasn’t been as successful.

IMG_8274.JPG

Since giving birth and getting back into the real world (braving shopping trips with a child), I’ve been asked the weirdest questions. One of which sticks with me. Is that your daughter? I mean for real for real, is that your daughter?

I was innocently shopping in Tj Maxx and had approached the check out counter. The young black guy proceeded to ask me at least five more times if my daughter was indeed my daughter. Never mind the fact that she was clinging to me and calling me mommy.

Then he finally said, her daddy must be light skinned. I wanted to say, get a clue! However, my shopping time with my daughter had expired as we approached nap time. I took to Facebook to rant.

I am a black woman married to a white man, and together we have two beautiful daughters, Melody & Daphne.

I’m 33 and have been married for 7 years.

Thankfully we live in a college town, so I don’t really have to think about the fact that we’re in an interracial relationship-I just get to enjoy being married to the person I love.

DSC_0036.jpg

I think it’s interesting to me how people feel the need to say everything they are thinking. But there are so many successful biracial individuals in the world today (Alicia Keys, Halle Berry, Mariah Carey, Israel Houghton, Tia & Tamera Mowry, Lenny Kravitz &  President Obama).

I wonder if they get questioned about their identities.

I was raised on an Air Force Base, so biracial and multiracial identities were the norm for me.

In fact, if you were to look at my circle of friends, you would see a rainbow. I do remember being in classes with people who were not raised in military families-for them interracial relationships were not the norm. Some of those people were hyper focused on people who were biracial.

They would often say things like, “What are you mixed with? You know black girls’ hair is not naturally that long.

” I guess I believed that too about black women. But I’ll save more of those thoughts for another post.

I look forward to your thoughts, suggestions and happy thoughts as I give this blog life.

 What topics would you like me to cover?

  

  

Preview
Preview

Next:
What I’ve Learned About Curly Hair

You might also enjoy

Every mom needs to feel like her feelings are important, the shut down makes it tough. Here are a few things moms need to avoid during the pandemic.6 Things Every Mom Needs to Avoid During the Pandemic
Some people think that if a black woman has a white husband, she is somehow less black. Interracial marriages don't change who people are.Having a White Husband Does Not Make Me Less Black
Transitioning from your 20's to your 30's can be exhilirating and exciting all at the same time. Here are a few life lessons that I've learned.15 Ways to Enjoy a Fabulous Life in Your 30’s

Comments

  1. Mesha says

    July 3, 2015 at 2:44 am

    Haha omgosh! I see this is going to have to be a favorited site! This was too funny, and in such a short space. Somebody must be a teacher haha. You’re “two…” are soo cute!

    Reply
  2. Shearell says

    July 3, 2015 at 2:51 am

    I’m loving your blog and your girls are beautiful.

    Reply
  3. Dez says

    July 3, 2015 at 6:10 am

    Haha! Hilariously written! I will never understand why people ask questions with obvious answers smh Living on an Airforce base makes you more different than you realize lol

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

About Me

ABOUT ME

When I became a mother, I searched for resources about raising biracial/multicultural children and found very few. And when I say little, I mean a minuscule amount. So, I decided to be the resource that I was looking for in hopes of helping moms like myself.

Categories

Featured On

Being a mom is one of the most fulfilling things I've ever done, but so is having a side hustle and working full time. Here are a few tips to do it all!

 

Are those your kids FB group

Popular Posts

Parenting biracial daughters comes with a unique set of challenges. People often question their identity based on their physical appearance.
Multiracial families are often suseptible to others biases based on their physical appearance. There is so much more to us than meets the eye.
This error message is only visible to WordPress admins

Error: No feed with the ID 1 found.

Please go to the Instagram Feed settings page to create a feed.

Design by SkyandStars.co

Copyright © 2025