by Maria Tumolo | Aug 12, 2020 | Families, Mixed Heritage, Mixed Race Families, Motherhood, Multi Racial, Multicultural, Parenthood, Parenting, Parenting and Mixed Race Children
Croatia has been on my mind for years. It’s on my list of places I must visit. However, Hubby is less enthusiastic and unsure what it would be like for our family to visit. When stumbled upon Ireti’s Instagram account I followed instantly. When I reached...
by Maria Tumolo | Aug 5, 2020 | Families, Mixed Heritage, Mixed Race, Motherhood, Multi Racial, Multicultural, Parenthood, Parenting
New to The Tiger Tales is a series of interviews with parents to mixed race children across the globe. Each week throughout August into September a new interview will be posted. It is my hope that by sharing our stories, we help each other find ways to fuse cultures,...
by Maria Tumolo | Feb 25, 2020 | Mental Health, Parenthood, Parenting
There has been much talk in the news about mental health. #Bekind is everywhere. Question: How do we make the mental shift to look after of our wellbeing and show empathy when needs be? I’m child of the 70’s raised in the 80’s. During those decades, the practice was...
by Maria Tumolo | Aug 29, 2019 | Child Development, Lifestyle, Motherhood, Parenthood, Parenting
The other day my daughter was happily playing with Lego. She was proud of her creation, a tower with booby traps. She showed me how each trap worked. I was impressed. Eventually, she got bored and wanted her big bro to play. He joined in but told her the building was...
by Maria Tumolo | Apr 12, 2019 | Guest Posts, Motherhood, Motherhood and Beauty, Natural Hair and Motherhood, Natural Hair and Self-Esteem, Parenthood, Parenting, Picture Books
Last month the kids and I reviewed ‘Mira’s Curly Hair’ by Maryam al Serkal and Rebeca Luciano. However, to celebrate the book’s publication, The Tiger Tales is part of the ‘Mira’s Curly Hair’ blog tour. Maryam has written us a...
by Maria Tumolo | Jan 8, 2019 | Expat, Lifestyle, Motherhood, Parenthood, Well-Being
I started 2019 feeling as though 2018 didn’t amount to much. Despite my efforts, I hadn’t turned my passion (blogging) in to pounds. Then three things happened. One, I joined in on a live chat hosted by livethreesixty and alifemoreinspired on ‘wellness lessons’. What...
