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Handling Death with Kid Gloves

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Iran, Early Education, Children, Kids, Multicultural, Parenting, Death, Family, Parents, Living News
Charlotte Safavi

"Mom, come," my son shouts. "A baby bird fell out of the nest!" Sure enough, a fledgling lies on the patio, beak gaped, neck distended, claws curled, a sad thing.

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Grounded By My Kid

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Iran, Marriage, Education, Parenting Tips, Kids, Children, Public School, Multicultural, Food, Parenting, Teachers, Coffee, America, Family, Coffee Addiction, Living News
Charlotte Safavi

How can I teach my son self-control if I do not have any? Mom and Dad are mostly right, but when they are not, should there not be consequences?

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True Confessions of a Gourmand

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 10.08.2009 | Style

Read More: Iran, Worldwide Web, Cooking, Family, Children, Tehran, Food, Gourmet, Parenting, Multicultural, Shakespeare, Lnternet, Google, Style News
Charlotte Safavi

Gourmet is the latest glossy to fall victim to declines in readership and ad revenue. I can't explain this. I can only explain why Gourmet's circulation stood at 977,000 and not 977,001.

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Kids on Kitchen Patrol

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Early-Child-Education, Parenting Tips, Children, Kitchen, Raising Children, Multicultural, Parenting, America, Domestic Chores, Iran, Marriage, Education, Kids, Parent-Child-Connections, Food, Parenting Advice, Division-of-Labor, Living News
Charlotte Safavi

Boys and men need to do more housework. Despite the sexual revolution, the traditional division of labor-at-home remains firmly entrenched in our society.

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Peter, Paul and Mary -- and Me

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: England, Iran, Records, Songs, Folk-Songs, Music Industry, Grammys, Multicultural, Music, America, Peter, Peter Paul and Mary, Living News
Charlotte Safavi

"Puff the Magic Dragon" became my son's first favorite song. Without failure, he stopped whatever he was doing when the song began and crawled over to the tape recorder.

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The Other Man

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Driving, Gps, Relationships, Humor, France, Multicultural, Men, Cars, Film, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Tehran, Europe, Technology, Couples, Living News
Charlotte Safavi

I'm in love with another man. Let me call him Daniel. I met him through my husband Ron. He introduced us at Marseille airport and then offered him a ride to the village where we were staying.

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Becoming a Green Girl

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 08.23.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Cnn, Iran Election, Youtube, Multicultural, Washington Post, Green, London, Family, London-United Kingdom, Iran Election 2009, Iran Election 2009 Demonstrations, Iran Election Protests, World News
Charlotte Safavi

I resolve to march again soon. Because I can. Because I want Iranian women to be able to do so safely. Because I want to take my American son to Iran one day.

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Obama makes Multi-Racial Americans more Accepted

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nisei Generation, Hawaii, Democratic Convention, Michelle Obama, Purple Heart Batallion, Asian, Ethnicity, The Audacity of Hope, Multiracial, Multicultural, American, Kimono, Melting Pot, Race, Chuppah, Oy Veh, African-American, Bar Mitzvah, Shikseh, University High School, Japanese-Jew, Latino, Karma, Hwaii, Punahoe High School, 442nd Infantry, The Golden Gate Bridge, Woddy Allen, Knish, Hispanic American, Japanese-American, Politics News
Francesca Biller-Safran

As a Japanese-Jew, I have historically used self deprecating humor at my own expense as a way to explain and defend to others who I was and to feel ac...

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Japanese-Jew Doesn't "Oy Veh" So Much Since Obama

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Jews, Nisei Generation, Second World War, Bar Mitzvah, The Audacity of Hope, Woody Allen, Multicultural, Kimono, Culture, Russian- Jewish, Neurotic, Shikseh Princess, Latino, Democratic Convention, The Purple Heart Batallion, Internment Camps, Asian, Multiracial, Melting Pot, Oy Veh, Barack Obama, Jewish Soul, Nisht Geferlech, Martin Luther King, University High School, Inclusion, Japanese Jew, Interfaith, Identity, Punahoe High School, Buddhism, 442nd Infantry, Japanese-Jewish Woman, Knish, Japanese-Hawaiian, Chuppah, Living News
Francesca Biller-Safran

Since Obama has become president, I feel comfortable as the multiracial shikseh that I am, and am engaging in thoughtful conversations about my heritage and background, without self-deprecation.

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Flag International: Global Perspectives On The American Flag

Lauri Lyons | Posted 01.10.2009 | World

Read More: Europe, Election Day, 9/11, Multicultural, Globalization, Iraq, America, England, Politics, Freedom of Speech, Muslims, First Amendment, American Flag, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Americana, Belgium, Homeland Security, European Union, Melting Pot, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, France, Patriot Act, u.s. Foreign Policy, Patriotism, Obama Election Day, Iraq War, Religion and Politics, Identity, International Relations, Holland, Spain, World News
Lauri Lyons

What is America? Growing up, I have been able to view the country from several perspectives: Black, female, first-generation American, and a former military child.

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