Year in Review: Our Most Read Stories of 2025
Bye bye, 2025!
If you’re a parent or caregiver, these last few days of the year may be a blur of blissfully lazy mornings, slightly dysregulated kids who are trying to adjust to holiday schedules, and maybe a dose of disorientation for us adults, too, as we try to maneuver big expectations for 2026.
It’s hard to reflect on 2025. So much–our work in antiracism and equity, our communities, our world–have been under attack. Wherever you’re landing at the end of 2025, whatever you did to survive the tumult, we know we have to keep fighting. Even if it’s only because we believe that a more equitable, safer world is possible for us and our kids, we gotta keep at it. We’re about to come out on the other end of 2025, and though we don’t know what 2026 will have in store for us, it’s a big accomplishment that we made it through.
Tabitha here: Adam and I aim to provide relevant and engaging antiracist parenting resources and we also want to offer hope in these times. We want you to read our Substack and come away feeling empowered, ready and driven to action for the work ahead.
Some of our work this year resonated with folks in ways we didn’t expect. So we’re sharing the top 5 stories of 2025 that people read, shared, interacted with and told us they learned from the most.
Our 5 Most Read Stories of 2025
Tabitha here: Some of our most read stories of 2025 were from the series Parenting Under Facism, and within the series, the piece that resonated the most with folks was the one on hope. We completely understand that–we all need a good dose of hope. One of my besties regularly, like obsessively, feeds me hope. And it is like little infusions of mental and emotional nourishment that I need to keep going. If this article did that for you, we’re honored to be able to contribute to what keeps you moving forward.
Adam here: In the midst of it all, we need to try to be grounded as parents. Regulated parents create regulation for kids. That’s not to say that Tabitha and I don’t lose our cool sometimes. We’re all human. But creating practices that help us stay grounded, regulated and calm during these dreadful times can have a profound impact on our kids’ childhoods and allow us the space to dream of a better future.
Tabitha here: Being in conversation with Dr. Kendi was a highlight of the year. It was a powerful discussion about his new young adult biography of Malcolm X, and it also provided some insights and parallels into the current state of matters in the U.S. It was wonderful to see a packed house, and many people left feeling encouraged, emboldened and hopeful for the work ahead.
Tabitha here: Right after the Kick Out the Clowns action earlier this year, someone online asked about setting up bouncy castles to keep kids engaged at a protest. That led us to consider some realistic ways parents and caregivers can protest with kids, using these protest actions to engage in important conversations and community building while raising their voices against inequity. Parents need to make hard decisions about safety for our kiddos all the time and that’s even more important in protest settings.
Adam here: So many of us live in countries that have colonized others. Not just in the past but in the present as well. It serves no-one to hide these facts from our kids and to sugarcoat holidays that do more harm than good to our communities. Many parents found this article useful especially during family gatherings in November.
Tabitha’s Favorite 2025 TikToks
We also want to share with you some of Tabitha’s favorite TikToks of 2025, because lots of community building happens over there as well.
Our Podcast is Growing!
We were also super excited to have begun to host interviews on our podcast, The Raising Antiracist Kids Podcast. This year, we spoke with Andrew Lefkowits and Dr. Val Brown from the Integrated Schools Podcast, as well as Ailen Arreaza from ParentsTogether. Stay tuned for our next conversation on the intersection of toxic masculinity and white supremacy.
As we wrap up 2025, know that we are in this community with you.
We’re all trying to raise kids who are kind, justice-oriented, confident people who help their communities in a healthy, generative way. And some parents are doing it amidst scary and dangerous circumstances. But you don’t have to do it alone. We’ve here with you and so are many other parents and caregivers around the world.
Here are some questions to ask yourself and your kids as we move into 2026:
What is one of my 2025 antiracist parenting practices that I am proud of?
What are three habits I will use to keep myself grounded in 2026?
Who are (at least) three people I will build community with/keep engaged with in 2026?
Where are some places I will look to get accurate news from a wide range of sources in the new year?
Hug up on your little ones, and stay hopeful! Happy New Year to you and yours and we’ll see you on the flip side.
xo
Tabitha & Adam