How Becoming a Mom Changes You: mater mea’s Staceyann Chin
Showing the beauty, complexity, strength and awesome of Black moms and our children with a celebration of mater mea mom Staceyann Chin, a spoken word poet, performance artist and activist.
Brilliant but Lazy: Helping Your Underachieving Son to Succeed
How do you motivate your underachiever when you know he has the potential to succeed in school and life?
Hey Adoptive Parents: Don’t Give Your Kids Back
Adoption is many things, but here's what it's not: giving back your children.
Will vs. Wisdom: What Toddler’s Terrible Twos Tells Us About Ourselves
This mom secretly loves (and recognizes!) her toddler's fearlessness. But she hopes her daughter learns to trust those who love her when they warn of the dangers ahead.
Mother Wit: Get Some ‘Act Right’ From Your Child at the Grocery Store
When a mom's preschooler has a tantrum at the grocery store check out line, Mother Wit schools her on how to get her child to behave, without hitting.
My Absentee Father Tried To Friend Me On Facebook
This writer first learned of her dad's birthday when he sent her a request on Facebook.
The Kid I Never Was: Encouraging My Girls To Love Sports, Bugs & the Great Outdoors
Typical kid adventures were not a part of this mom's childhood. But with two active girls, I'm learning to let go.
For White Mothers Who Don’t Know How To Style Their Black Children’s Natural Hair: I Feel You
This mom says she'll never look at that brown child with the white mom and make assumptions again.
‘Promises Kept’ Offers a Gold Mine of Tips on Raising a Successful Black Child
If you have any interest in understanding how to raise brilliant and successful African-American children, particularly boys, you have to grab a copy of “Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life.”
Born Behind Bars: How Separation, Foster Care and Adoption Shaped My Life
An adoptee born in prison remembers the trauma of being taken from her birth mother, and counts the emotional toll it took on her life.
