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Ep. 6

Hair Day Can Become Relationship Day

Guest: Dr. Marva Lewis — Sociocultural Psychologist & Associate Professor, Tulane University

Can combing your child's hair become a moment of connection? Dr. Marva Lewis joins Conversations with Tamekia to explore how textured hair care can support trust, cultural identity, and parent-child bonding. Hair day can bring up powerful feelings — for children and the adults caring for them. Dr. Lewis's work, Talk, Touch & Listen While Combing Hair, invites caregivers to recognize everyday routines as opportunities to listen, respond with gentleness, and help children feel seen and valued.

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Ep. 5

What Are You Doing to Ensure Your Children Feel Seen, Understood, and Connected to Their Identities?

Guest: Sydney Parkhurst — Transracial Adoptee & Filmmaker

What is it like to grow up as a Biracial child in a white family? Tamekia sits down with Sydney Parkhurst, a transracial adoptee, for an honest conversation about navigating identity, race, hair, and belonging. Together they explore what children may be feeling beneath the surface — and how adoptive and foster parents can listen, learn, and make conversations about race, culture, and identity a normal part of family life. This conversation is an invitation to see the world through a child's eyes. Be sure to check out Sydney's short film, Mixed Feelings.

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Ep. 4

When Sharing Your Adoption Journey Brings Hate Online

Guest: Anna Bernacki — Adult Adoptee & Transracial Adoptive Parent

What happens when you share your learning journey publicly — and the internet turns on you for it? Tamekia sits down with Anna Bernacki, an adult adoptee who later became a transracial adoptive parent herself. Anna shares her experience learning how to care for and affirm her child across racial and cultural differences, and what happened when she chose to share that growth online. This episode is about adoption, identity, race, parenting, vulnerability, and the pressure to get everything right — especially when your mistakes are happening in front of an audience.

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Ep. 3

Why Are Kids Still Walking Around with Their Hair Unkempt?

Guest: Danielle Chocron — TRA Mom

If we know better, why aren't we doing better? Tamekia sits down with Danielle Chocron, a transracial adoptive mom, to tackle the hard question: why are Black and Brown children still showing up with unkempt hair — and what it says about how we value their identity, dignity, and sense of self.

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Ep. 2

"I Don't Know How to Do Her Hair" Just Isn't Good Enough Anymore!

Guest: Alex Cornwell — Foster to Adopt

"I don't know how to do her hair" is an excuse that just isn't good enough anymore. Tamekia sits down with Alex Cornwell, a Foster to Adopt mom, for a real conversation about why learning to care for your Black child's hair is an act of love, affirmation, and identity — and what happens when caregivers choose not to try.

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Ep. 1

You love the child, but do you love their blackness?

Guest: Rachel Hoyt — Foster to Adopt

Real Talk. Real Issues. Real Impact. Tamekia dives into the very first episode with this question: Is loving a Black child enough if we are not intentionally affirming their Black identity? Rachel Hoyt Foster to Adopt shares her story about how she is doing multiculturalism well in her family.

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