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Blog Carnivals Childcare & Early Education

April 18, 2016

As a mother of two, including one with special needs and a birth defect, I have seen first-hand how parents, children and society all win when families have access to high-quality affordable childcare, early learning programs, and mental health programs that take children’s social and emotional...

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Sheila Arias

Blog Carnivals Childcare & Early Education

April 18, 2016

Moms don’t need much convincing: we know that the early childhood years are critically important in setting the stage for all that life has to bring, and the ways that children learn how to respond and react. Young children’s social and emotional development - that is, how they learn to relate to...

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Lindsey Allard Agnamba

Blog Carnivals Childcare & Early Education

April 18, 2016

When we hear about a person’s mental health, it’s often in the context of a problem – a colleague is struggling to handle stress at work, a friend’s child is having behavioral problems at school, or a family member has received a diagnosis. And almost always, these discussions are limited to older...

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Matthew Melmed

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April 4, 2016

The climate of Islamophobia in this country is causing American Muslims great anxiety. Children are bullied for being Muslim (or for ‘looking’ Muslim), mosques are set on fire and vandalized , presidential candidates call for ‘Muslim neighborhoods’ to be patrolled , women are told to take their...

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Kristin Garrity Sekerci

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March 29, 2016

Note from author : O ne of the reasons I wrote this post was to dispel myths about Muslims since halal is our dietary guideline and the myths or untruths negatively impact the way people view us and perpetuate stereotypes about us. -Yvonne Maffei, My Halal Kitchen It’s not too often that I receive...

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Yvonne Maffei

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March 29, 2016

This blog post originally appeared in World Without Hate . Dear Mr. Trump, I am an American Muslim. I deplore the acts of violence and hatred that are wrongly performed in the name of my religion. I denounce the actions of ISIS, Al Qaeda, and all terrorist organizations. They do not represent me or...

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Rais Bhuiyan

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March 29, 2016

This blog post originally appeared in MuslimMatters.org. Yesterday my son brought home a school project on 9/11 and he couldn't understand why I snapped at him—' #NeverForget ' is not just a slogan. Today I apologized to him for not giving him an interview about where I was and what are my worst...

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Hena Zuberi

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March 29, 2016

This blog post originally appeared in MuslimMatters.org . Dear Son, You are ten and we haven't had the talk yet. I don't mean the talk about puberty or sex ed, that we have been doing since you were little. Rather the talk that many Muslim mothers dread having with their growing sons. Your Baba is...

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Hena Zuberi

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March 29, 2016

My name is Fahmeeda Hassan. I am an African American Muslim educator. I have served in the field of education for 30 years in many different capacities. I have been vice principal, lead teacher, senior teacher, department chair, classroom teacher, mentor teacher, consultant, tutor, curriculum...

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Sr. Fahmeeda Hassan

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March 25, 2016

So many have opinions about what the Quran is and is not. Coming from a very religious family, I have read several versions of the Bible and my studies led me to the Quran. After serving as an acolyte in my youth at my Episcopal church and as the great-granddaughter of an Anglican priest, seeking...

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