Check Out My Sah-Weet (!) New Blog on Unilever's Don'tFretTheSweat.com
By Denene Millner I'm in the thick of it that long, slow, delicate march my daughters are taking toward their teens. I see the changes...
Win An iPod in The Dont Fret The Sweat Summer Bag Giveaway!
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. Thank you all for participating in this giveaway. Congratulations to Keonte, whose number, 47, was chosen via Random.org! So...
Come Chat with “Mean Girls” Author Rosalind Wiseman (and MyBrownBaby!) on FaceBook Today!
By now, you all know that I’m a brand ambassador for Unilever’s Don’t Fret the Sweat campaign, an incredible partnership in which I write and...
When Two Old Blog Friends Meet For the Very First Time: Introducing My Buddy Angie Arthur
Here’s the thing: When I started blogging back in 2008, I thought I’d just write a couple of posts every now and again, maybe email...
I Need To Be #Winning Like Charlie Sheen: An Agent Intervention
She loves me. I know she does. But my agent hasn’t a problem embarrassing the crap out of me, especially when it comes to the...
Kid Networking At Its Finest: How We Teach Our Girls To Speak Up
By DENENE MILLNER So there we were, my girls and I, strolling through the department store, drooling over cute purses and fancy shoes, when a...
Tweens and Cell Phones A Lethal Combination
By DENENE MILLNER There they were, a restaurant table-full of 11-year-olds in their glittered shirts and multi-colored sneakers and dangling neon earrings, holding their cell...
Confident Black Girls
I get why my mother did what she did. When you're overworked and way underpaid, and you're of a generation that thinks kids are to...
I Ain't Raising No Punks
By DENENE MILLNER It's not that my daughter, Mari, is shy; she hasn't had any problems making friends. She's just super quiet, really big on...
I Go To Work…
First, know that I’m not giving up. It’s just that I’m in the middle of a bear of a project, with a June 15 deadline,...
