My family and I are heading to Belize next week. While we’re there, we’ll be hosting our very 1st Mommy Meet Up in Belize. If you or any one you know have children between the ages of 2-6 , meet us at the Leo Bradley Library located in the heart of Belize City, on July 7th at 11am for some arts and crafts fun. There’s Space for 15 children and 15 adults so please email me at LoveDemitrablog@gmail.com , private message, or direct message me on Facebook or Instagram if you’ll be in attendance. Check out the flyer below for more information.
Archives for June 2018
” I Can’t Play With You, Because We Don’t Share The Same Religion”
As you can read in the title, a little girl around LaLa’s age (4) told her that she could not play with her because she wasn’t of the same religion. WHAT?!
Okay so let me give you all a little synopsis of the kind of kid Lala is at the playground. Lala loves making new friends when she’s at the park. She’ll literally run up to a child a say “want to be my friend”?. I’m really not a fan of her approach, but hey kids are kids right?!
Yesterday was no different at the park, LaLa was on the prowl of making “friends”. She seen a group of 3 girls around the ages of 4-7, who all seemed to have shared the same religion and with her usual approach goes “ want to be my friend”? One of the girls said “sure, here you can use my scooter” before she could give LaLa the scooter the little girl who seemed to be about 4 yrs old said to LaLa verbatim “we can’t play with you because you’re not (her religion)”. Usually I’m the parent that kind of sits back to see how LaLa will handle, and diffuse certain situations (because, honestly i’m not going to be there all the time). This situation was NOT one of those situations, I climbed so fast on that play set, and asked the little girl “what happened”? And she said “I just told her that we can’t play with her because she’s doesn’t share the same religion as us, and plus she’s showing certain body parts that we’re not allowed to show”. I was really taken aback at what this 4 yr old had said, I was shocked. I’ve never experienced someone blatantly tell me something like that. I then asked her “well who told you this”? She replied “My parents” then I asked her to show me where her parents were and she pointed.
As I was walking towards the mother to address the situation that happened her daughter also ran towards her. I approached mom sitting amongst two other ladies who I assume were the parents of the 2 other girls, who all seemed to have shared the same religion. In a calm tone I told mom exactly what just happened with her child and mine. Mom did not seem surprised at all, and even tried to act as if she didn’t understand what I was saying, until I repeated myself and also added that “she said, YOU taught her that” she then had this startled/embarrassed face and i proceeded to say “If you don’t want you child to play with kids who don’t share the same religion then, maybe you shouldn’t come to this park where there are many “different” people maybe you should build a park in your backyard” (All of this was said in a calm tone) she then began screaming at her daughter, and told her to say sorry, which she did.
This post is not to discredit anyone religion or beliefs, but honestly if you can’t be inclusive in a place where there are “different” kinds of people then you need to exclude yourself, period!!
I can’t and won’t tell parents how to raise their children, but Sekou, I and the rest of Lala’s village raises her with nothing but LOVE, pure love, if you’re ever around Lala you’ll see that she’s happy, and she wants everyone around her to happy. As I told Lala while we were at the park, you don’t want to be around, or play with anyone who isn’t nice, and don’t treat people nicely, you want to be around people who are caring, and nice. My poor child was oblivious to this whole situation and said ” Okay mommy, I’m going to find new friends”.
Have any of you ever had an experience similar?
Girls Night; Sunny Hues Exhibit
Last week my girls and I were able to link up and hang out. It’s been a long time since we were able to do this; conflicting schedules you know?!
Anyways hanging out with these girls ALWAYS puts me in a good mood, There’s always so many good laughs till our belly hurts, and deep deep conversations about life, relationships, just everything. Get you friends that you can be open with, who gives advice, and roots for you till the end to win. Cues “Friends’ by the Carters.
Love You Girls
SunnyHues Happy Go Lucky Interactive Exhibit
Soho- 43 wooster Street, New York
Monday- Sunday – 11am – 9pm
$28 on weekdays, $30 on weekends
Till 7/8
Soho
When friends help friends.
Hey Best Friend
Yessss to these braids, but who has the patience to sit and get these done.
Love wins every time
Hey Girls!!!!
This Girl is Happy
Cortelyou Library Mommy Meet Up
Check out the video I created from out mommy meet up the other day. Don’t miss the next one.
Bike Lover
Look at this big girl. She has been obsessed with this Minnie Mouse bike she got last year for her birthday from her grandparents. She has become a pro in the past months. Many days while in the house she’d say “Mommy I’m practicing” even though I’d say “no riding in the house” and now she’s speeding past me, I could barely keep up.
We like spending some of our afternoons at our park riding her bike around the track while I run beside her, great workout for the both of us lol, one things for sure, we’re not going to have an issue with her being active, well I hope, Check back with me on that in 5 years, ha.