Tia Mowry Discusses Raising Black Son
As part of Tia Mowry‘s Carefree partnership, the actress spoke candidly about the challenges of raising a Black son in this country.
“I have a son who is Black and who is going to be growing up in a society such as this. It’s a conversation that I have with my husband all the time about, what are we going to tell Cree?” the 38-year-old tells Vibe.
She believes talking to kids about these issues should happen sooner than later:
“You tell them early,” she says. “And what’s interesting is, I’m comfortable speaking about this because my dad’s White and my mom’s Black, so my point is that I see two sides. Growing up, when I was in my mom’s house, I just saw my mom. I just saw my dad. But it was after I was called a name, which was the n-word when I was in third grade, I went home, I told my mom and that’s when she had to say, ‘Look, Tia, you’re black, your dad’s white’ … But again, I credit my mom and my dad to … I was 8! Third grade. We had to have the conversation. I think you should talk about it, you know? Because it’s the reality of the situation.”
Do you agree with this straight-forward approach to parenting?
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