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March 5, 2013

Michelle Obama Hits Her Dougie With MyBrownBaby In Her “Let’s Move” Google+ Hangout (Video)

Michelle Obama celebrated the third anniversary of her landmark anti-child obesity program, “Let’s Move,” by participating in her first Google+ Hangout chat—and MyBrownBaby was right there with her, talking creative ways to get our kids moving, remembering childhood games like Double Dutch and Skellies, and even helping the First Lady ...

March 1, 2013

Black Girls Have Quvenzhane’s Back, Plus: Michelle Obama’s Mom Dancing, Daddy’s Money Sneaks & More

I promise you this: the backlash The Onion faced after calling Best Actress Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis the “c” word was swift and severe, but it was black voices—those of us women—that led the charge. I saw some really beautiful posts written in support of our favorite 9-year-old big screen star ...

December 31, 2012

The Best Of MyBrownBaby, 2012 Edition: Stories That Moved the MBB Crowd

From controversial shootings (Trayvon Martin), celebrity deaths (Whitney Houston) and celebrity kid growing pains (Willow Smith) to political triumphs (President Barack Obama and Obamacare) and the release of my 20th book (Sparkle), MyBrownBaby chronicled some incredible stories this year. Here, a run down of the headlines that had us talking. ...

October 29, 2012

Stakes Is High: Talking To My Teen About Sex Just Got Real—And I Can’t Be A Punk About It

She is 13 now, and the curves are there and the hormones are kicking in and the boys are looking a little bit more grown and acting a little more mannish and the music and the movies and the TV shows and probably her little friends, too, s-p-e-l-l it ALL ...

October 19, 2012

There’s Nothing Complicated About Fair Pay For Women, Mitt Romney—Plus, Other Fresh Links

You know what? I’m not trying to let Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s “Binder Full Of Women” comments from the second 2012 presidential debate slide. Nope. I mean, Romney’s notion that he was actually doing something when he allegedly had his staff pull together “binders full” of female candidates for ...

August 20, 2012

When It Comes to the “Sex Talk,” We Must Add Oral Sex to the Agenda

A new study by the CDC detailing the sexual behavior of American teenagers provides a peek into the factors that motivate teenagers when their thoughts turn to sex. It’s a topic that many parents have a difficult time facing—in fact, some parents might even cringe when reading an article about ...

July 12, 2012

MyBrownBaby Wins the 2012 Maggie Award For Its “Let’s Talk About Sex” Series For Black Parents

And in today’s Awesome MyBrownBaby News: MyBrownBaby, the award-winning, critically-acclaimed site that focuses on both loving and raising African American children and the intersection of parenting and race, won the a 2012 Maggie Awards for Media Excellence for our exceptional coverage of reproductive rights and health care issues. MyBrownBaby was honored in ...

June 14, 2012

When It Comes to Dating and Hooking Up Sites, Leave the Kiddies Out of It!

By NICK CHILES Now we get word that an online social and dating site called Skout has shut down its teen section after reports surfaced that adults were using the teen section to lure teens into encounters that resulted in at least three rapes, according to the New York Times. ...

May 7, 2012

Tweens, Dating and the Value of Girls and Women

By NADIRAH ANGAIL I have a brother-in-law (five of them actually, but let’s just focus on the one). He likes to joke about how my son, his handsome nephew, will have a girlfriend when he hits his preteen/teen years. Oh, but my daughter, his pretty little niece, will do no ...

March 9, 2012

MyBrownBaby Is Rocking the Red Pump In Support Of Women and Teens Affected By HIV & AIDS

I’ve been writing a lot about sex here on MyBrownBaby, but not because I have a dirty mind. I mean, I don’t see nothin’ wrong with a little bump and grind. But the sex posts here are tailored toward a much loftier goal: arming MyBrownBaby moms with information, talking points ...