Guilt
Do I know enough—and am I doing enough—to keep our culture alive with the next generation?
How do we pass down a culture we’re still figuring out ourselves?
Rooted in South Asian American motherhood, Raised & Remade explores what from our culture we carry forward, what we leave behind and what we make our own. Through honest stories, shared perspectives and thoughtful resources, we’re finding new ways to keep culture close as we raise the next generation—and helping one another figure it out as we go.
READ THE FIRST STORY →You know the feeling.
Wanting our kids to grow up with a connection to where we come from—even while we're still finding our own way.
Relearning a language you wish you spoke better. Trying to make traditions feel lived, not performed. Loving certain things you were raised with while also choosing to parent differently. Wondering whether you're doing enough.
Maybe passing culture down isn’t about getting every detail right. It’s about choosing what we want our children to know, feel and carry with them.
WHERE WE’RE STARTING
What From Our Culture Do We Actually Want to Pass Down?
On what we keep, what we leave behind and what we're still figuring out.
READ THE FIRST STORY →COMING UP
Threads we’ll weave together.
Religion
How much of culture is faith—and can I keep the culture without keeping all of the religion?
Language
Can I pass down a language I don’t speak fluently myself?
Traditions
How do we make holidays feel lived and meaningful—not performative?
Grandparents
What happens when our parents' ideas about feeding, discipline, or family roles conflict with our own?
Food
How do we pass down the love and connection around food while giving our children a different relationship with eating?
Family Stories
How do we preserve the stories only our parents and grandparents can tell?
Community
How do we give our children a cultural community when we’re still trying to find one ourselves?
What we're learning.
Culture can still feel like home, even if we make it our own.
Our children can feel deeply connected without growing up exactly as we did. We can question parts of how we were raised without rejecting where we come from. And what we remake together can become its own kind of inheritance.
WHAT WE’RE BUILDING
Stories to feel seen. Conversations to feel connected. Resources to bring culture into everyday life.
STORIES
Honest reflections that put words to experiences many of us have felt but rarely talked about.
CONVERSATIONS
Perspectives from women navigating the same questions in different families, cultures and ways.
RESOURCES
Thoughtful ways to preserve family stories, live our traditions and help culture feel familiar to our children.
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