Devin P.B.
Blending Holiday Traditions Spotlight – Part 4
During this festive season, Rochester Mom Collective has been highlighting families in our community who celebrate multiple cultural and/or religious winter holidays. These traditions are usually the result of an intercultural and/or interfaith family....
Blending Holiday Traditions Spotlight – Part 3
This is the third installment in a series where Rochester Mom Collective highlights families who are celebrating more than the conventional, traditional Christmas holiday this season. These traditions are usually the result of an...
Blending Holiday Traditions Spotlight – Part 2
This is the second installment in a series where Rochester Mom Collective highlights the holiday traditions of an intercultural and/or interfaith family in our community. We recognize these families for the hard work they...
Blending Holiday Traditions Spotlight – Part 1
For a lot of us, the autumn into winter holiday season is a time to share with our children the traditions we enjoyed when we were young. It is also a time to start...
What To Donate To A Food Pantry And What To Avoid
The holiday season is upon us. In addition to special meals, decorations, songs, and gifts, the time-honored traditions of the holidays also typically include some form of charity. It is a beautiful time of...
Celebrating National Adoption Month
It's okay if you didn't know that November is National Adoption Month. I'm an adoptee and I didn't even know about it until I became an adoptive parent in 2019. I asked myself the...
Making Trick-or-Treating Inclusive for People of All Abilities
What a time to be alive! Now more than ever, the public at large is making a conscious effort to be more inclusive of people who are differently abled. Accommodations such as wheelchair ramps,...
Tips for a Successful Committee on Special Education Meeting
As a teacher, I had easily attended over a hundred Committee on Special Education (CSE) meetings before ever having to attend one as a parent. Back in 2019, I went into that initial meeting...
Creating A Family Summer Schedule: Balancing Freedom And Chaos + Printable
A schedule for the summer? That sounds like a drag. Summertime is typically viewed as a time for fun and relaxation. Why would we need a schedule for that?
As a xennial, my childhood summers...