by Petal Modeste | Jun 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
I have spent many hours over the past few days in tears, holding my children, grappling with feelings of utter despair and wondering if the well of optimism, having sustained black people for hundreds of years through the most vile and unfathomable evils, is finally...
by Petal Modeste | May 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Beginning in the 17th century and continuing for the next 200 years, untold millions of Africans were kidnapped, shipped across the Atlantic under abominable conditions, violently tortured, brutally dehumanized and enslaved. Slavery created extraordinary wealth and...
by Petal Modeste | Apr 28, 2020 | Advice, Resources, Tips
As Coronavirus infections and deaths continue to mount around the globe, so do our feelings of anxiety, worry and the sense that we have lost control of our lives in fundamental ways. Yet, my conversation this week with mom and Yale- and Harvard-trained ER physician,...
by Petal Modeste | Apr 10, 2020 | Inspiration, Resources
As the Coronavirus sweeps the globe, it is having a microscopic effect—revealing for many the challenges we face as a human family; the very challenges we dissect and discuss on each episode of Parenting for the Future. The systemic racism in our societies. The stark...
by Petal Modeste | Mar 26, 2020 | Picks of the Week, Resources
Wherever you are in the world, you, like us at Parenting For The Future, are undoubtedly adjusting to the new normal. You may be working from home, helping your children go to school or keep up with their studies digitally, recalibrating your finances, strategizing to...
