Every Family’s Got One 2018 Cast Video — Maria Adcock
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Fitting in is important to most people. (Especially when those people are girls in middle school!) Just ask Maria Adcock, the creator of the award-winning Bicultural Mama blog, celebrating the Asian culture.
While these days…
Maria takes great pride in her Chinese heritage, and great care to pass along that pride to her two young daughters, there was a time when all Maria thought about was…
Fitting in.
You see, growing up in the Midwest, Maria’s family was one of the only Asian families in town. Maria thought by giving her naturally straight hair a perm would solve all her problems fitting in with her popular classmates.
Let’s see how that worked out for her. Here’s Maria telling us all about it in…
“The Perm”…
Maria Wen Adcock is a freelance writer and creator of the award-winning BiculturalMama.com blog, a site celebrating bicultural families with a focus on Asian culture. She currently serves as Editor and Board Member for Multicultural Kid Blogs. NY Metro Parents Magazine has honored BiculturalMama.com as a “Best Parenting Blog” pick, and she has been featured in Huffington Post, Today Parents, and Newsday. Maria’s TV appearances include The Dr. Oz Show, Bloomberg News, and HGTV.
Thank you so much for sharing my story!