White Awake Parenting

07/11/2025

Are you a white parent raising Black or Brown children?

Do you sometimes feel alone, misunderstood, or overwhelmed by the weight of parenting in a world shaped by racism and privilege?

You are not alone.
You don’t have to do this in isolation.
There’s a space for you — with others walking this same path.

The White Awake Parenting Facebook Group is a free, supportive community for white parents committed to raising their children with fierce love, truth, and courage.

It’s a place where you can:

🤎 Share your struggles without shame
🤎 Celebrate your kids’ joy and brilliance
🤎 Ask real questions and get honest support
🤎 Learn from others doing the inner and outer work
🤎 Be reminded: you are not the only one

This is not a group for performative allyship or perfectionism.
It’s a space for growth, reflection, accountability, and connection.

We believe in progress, not perfection.
We believe in showing up messy, real, and committed to doing better — for our kids and for the world they’re inheriting.

If you’re ready to walk this journey in community, we’d love to welcome you.

07/07/2025

Thank you Jason Wilson for being a role model for so many black boys. 🙏🏾🤎

Young prince, you weren’t born a statistic—but every reckless choice pushes you closer to becoming one. This system may want your life, but it can’t take wha...

07/01/2025

https://www.marionvannamen.com/blog/when-your-kid-comes-home-with-that-story-wake-up-calls-for-white-parents

When your child shares a racial story, denial ends. White parents, learn how to face whiteness and support your Black & Brown kids with compassion and action.

06/26/2025

I'm doing a lot of serious work helping white parents of kids of color become fierce advocates for their kids. But now it's time for some laughter around race. Enjoy comedians or at least people with a healthy dose of humor, discussing the "white genocide" in South Africa. How did this non-event ever become headline news?

Television and radio host Dan Corder and my friend Eugene Khoza join me to discuss relations between Blacks and Whites in South Africa. We dig deep into the ...

06/26/2025

I went through the eye of the needle trying to get the right mental health services for my child. No matter how sincere the apology from an agency that dropped the ball a few times, the battle for our children with complex needs doesn't stop. Here's my story.

A heartfelt look at parenting through system failures, where sincere apologies fall short—and fierce, ongoing advocacy becomes the only option.

06/13/2025

What if privilege is just a blind spot?
Not something to feel guilty about.
Not something to defend.
Just something we’ve never had to see.

That idea has been stirring in me.

Because if privilege is blindness, then maybe awareness is where healing begins.
Not just for individuals—but for families, communities, whole generations.

And here’s what gives me hope:

💫 If we truly knew someone’s story—every wound, every struggle, every inherited pain—we’d love them. To the moon and back.

Imagine that kind of compassion.
Imagine that kind of world.

I think often of how the Black community has led the way with more than just resilience.
🔥 With pride.
💃🏾 With joy.
🎶 With unbreakable creativity and deep wisdom.

That’s not just survival.
That’s sacred.

🧭 In my coaching, I help white parents raising children of color live from vision, not fear. From imagination, not limitation. From love, not defensiveness.

If you’re ready to grow, learn, and show up more fully for your kids—I’m here. 💛

👇 I’d love to hear: What’s one “blind spot” you’ve been waking up to lately?

Explore how privilege may be a blind spot—and how love, imagination, and Black joy can lead us toward healing, wholeness, and real racial equity.

06/13/2025

From Boomers to Gen Z, white parents are waking up to the realities of race — especially when raising kids of color.

👵🏽 Boomers say “we don’t see color.”
😴 Gen X says “I’m too tired for this.”
📱 Millennials quote Ibram Kendi on Instagram.
💥 Gen Z already canceled their parents.

If you're a white parent loving Black or Brown children, this one’s for you.
It’s funny. It’s real. And it might just reflect a little of your own journey back at you.

How white parents from Boomers to Gen Z wrestle with race, bias, and their own whiteness while raising kids of color — with humor and heart.

06/13/2025

When we parent with unexamined bias, we burden our children. I say that with so much love—for you, for me, for all of us doing the best we can.

If you’re a white parent raising a Black or Brown child, you’ve probably already felt it: the invisible weight your child carries. The pressure to behave a certain way, to be “respectful” in ways that match white expectations, to shrink or perform to make others comfortable—even at home.

We don’t mean to do this. But unless we’ve done the deep, uncomfortable work of unpacking our own bias, we do pass it on. Not out of hate, but out of habit. Out of inherited fear. Out of unconscious whiteness.

I wrote a blog post about what it means to truly lighten our children’s load—not by parenting with guilt or shame, but by doing our own work with courage and compassion.

💬 If this resonates, I invite you to read, reflect, and reach out. You’re not alone on this journey—and you don’t have to walk it alone.

Unexamined bias in parenting harms our children. Learn how awareness, not guilt, creates freedom—for you and the children you're raising with love.

06/13/2025

Hot off the press. A fun exploration of how the different generations show up when doing anti racism work. Confession: I could recognize myself in each one of them.
👵🏽 Boomers say “we don’t see color.”
😴 Gen X says “I’m too tired for this.”
📱 Millennials quote Ibram Kendi on Instagram.
💥 Gen Z already canceled their parents.
If you're a white parent loving Black or Brown children, this one’s for you. It’s funny. It’s real. And it might just reflect a little of your own journey back at you.
👉 Read it here: https://www.marionvannamen.com/blog/generational-whiteness
And if you're ready for deeper support, I coach white parents ready to do the inner work — and show up better for their kids.

How white parents from Boomers to Gen Z wrestle with race, bias, and their own whiteness while raising kids of color — with humor and heart.