Our Read Your World Celebrates Multicultural Children's Book Day fundraiser has just begun. Help us fight against banned and challenged books by giving teachers a Classroom Kit of diverse children's books. If we can raise $500 by Giving Tuesday, we are eligible to win $500 from Giving Butter, the platform that we are using to raise money. Help teachers [...]

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23.11.2023

Tai Moves into his Pratt Dorm - Pragmatic Mom

With our youngest now moved into Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, my husband and I are official empty nesters, and yes, it is sad and hard for me. Luckily, our son is not too far away ... about a four hour commute any way you slice it be it car, train, plane, or bus. Yes, even flying takes about four hours door-to-door. When I think about college, I know it's all about fit; finding [...]

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25.11.2023

Afternoon Tea at Raffles Hotel in Singapore - Pragmatic Mom

It's been a longstanding tradition to take Afternoon Tea as a special family bonding time, sans men. I used to do this with my mother, both before I had children, and afterwards with toddlers. Somehow dressing up the girls in fancy dresses to sip lemonade from tea cups put them on their best behavior, thought with a clock ticking for about an hour maximum. When we are on vacation and [...]

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28.11.2023

Children's Books About Transportation & GIVEAWAY! - Pragmatic Mom

My mother always talked about her father who died when she was young about how he built his own plane and flew it. He immigrated with my grandmother from Hiroshima and never learned English so, despite being a history teacher in Japan, he worked as a servant for a wealthy family in San Francisco. I never quite believed it was possible for my grandfather to build and fly an airplane back in [...]

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Help Us Fund Diverse Book Classroom Kits for Teachers! - Pragmatic Mom

Tai Moves into his Pratt Dorm - Pragmatic Mom

Afternoon Tea at Raffles Hotel in Singapore - Pragmatic Mom

Children's Books About Transportation & GIVEAWAY! - Pragmatic Mom

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