Raised By Nana: What Living With Grandmother Taught VOX ATL Teen About Love, Family

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September 26th, 2019

“I have been raised by my grandmother for as long as I can remember,” writes VOX ATL’s Isabella Cavienss, shown as a little girl with her Nana, Safiyyah Sharif. “When I was younger, I recognized my family was different from other families, and I used to contemplate why my family wasn’t the same way.”

courtesy of Isabella Cavienss

By Isabella Cavienss

Our society has created this ideal family — a loving mom and a caring dad. Maybe because this family is everyone’s expectation of what a normal family is supposed to look like.

The portrayal of this type of family has been spread all over television, magazines and social media.

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