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Parenting + Family

Parenting, motherhood, adoption, and family life from a Pittsburgh rapper and activist mom. Honest, spiritual, and grounded in real experience — including Kellee's personal story of being adopted and raising children with intention.

Pittsburgh-based female rapper Kellee Maize poses for an album promo in front of The Point in downtown Pittsburgh

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Parenting with intention, in a complicated world.

Kellee Maize is a mother, an adoptee, and a Pittsburgh-based artist who thinks deeply about family, identity, and how to raise children with consciousness and love. These articles are personal, honest, and informed by her own journey -- not parenting-influencer content.

Read Kellee's perspective on adoption -- rooted in her own adoption story

Explore conscious parenting -- raising kids with spiritual awareness and critical thinking

Find Pittsburgh family resources and community, local to Kellee's home base

Pittsburgh skyline in predominantly black and yellow

Kellee Maize smiling with her adopted mom

Kellee Maize with her husband and oldest child, posing in a pregnancy announcement at the beach

PGH

HOME BASE

Rooted in Pittsburgh — the city shapes the parenting

2009

COMMUNITY WORK SINCE

Building intentional community for over 15 years

Real

NOT INFLUENCER CONTENT

Personal experience, not curated perfection

Latest posts

mom holding a baby while a birth doula bends toward them

Fertility

Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Doula: What Every Expectant Parent Should Know

A parent and child sitting together in quiet connection — representing the daily practice of conscious and intentional parenting.

Spirituality

Conscious Parenting: What It Actually Looks Like Day to Day

Female rapper Kellee Maize and her birth father 70s idol Jimmy McNichol sit on a bench in Pittsburgh, PA

Finding Jimmy -- My Birth Father, My Story, and the Impossible Chain of Events That Brought Us Here

Covid-19

Ideas for Entertaining Small Children During Isolation

7 Outdoor Activities to Do with Kids of All Ages

August 12, 2020

Natural Health

The Vegan Dishes For Thanksgiving That Everyone Loves.

November 19, 2020

Natural Health

Tips and Tricks For Morning Sickness

November 3, 2020

4 Best Rotating Car Seats for Any Growing Family

August 18, 2023

How Affirmations Helps to Students

October 20, 2023