Conversations with Tamekia — Podcast
Real Talk. Real Issues. Real Impact.
Episode 5
What Are You Doing to Ensure Your Children Feel Seen, Understood, and Connected to Their Identities?
Guest: Sydney Parkhurst
Tamekia sits down with Sydney Parkhurst to explore what it truly means to raise children who feel seen, understood, and deeply connected to who they are — and the intentional steps parents must take to make that happen.
"What Are You Doing to Ensure Your Children Feel Seen, Understood, and Connected to Their Identities?"
with Sydney Parkhurst
Tamekia Swint
"Every child deserves to be seen, affirmed, and celebrated."
For almost 20 years, Tamekia has observed families trying to navigate the complexity of raising Black children in a white world — a view many of them have not lived themselves. She has watched kids trying to exist in and fully embrace two worlds, and the long-term impact of when multiculturalism is done well, and when it's not. This is that conversation.
For almost 20 years, Tamekia has observed families trying to navigate the complexity of raising Black children in a white world — a view many of them have not lived themselves. She has watched kids trying to exist in and fully embrace two worlds, and the long-term impact of when multiculturalism is done well, and when it's not.
On Conversations with Tamekia, she brings her Black identity and perspective to every episode — as a stylist, as a founder, and as an observer who has silently watched from the sidelines long enough.
"This is a place and a space where my personal ideas regarding this topic can exist inside of the larger work that I do every day."
Every episode ends with a question designed to challenge, provoke, and inspire. This is The Crown Question.
"You love the child, but do you love their Blackness?"
— Episode 1 — Rachel Hoyt
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