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April 9, 2012

The Obamas On Easter Sunday: Sasha and Malia Remind Me How Far I’ve Fallen As A Mother

Looking at pictures of President Obama walking with his beautiful family to Easter service at St. John’s Church got me all nostalgic about the big to-do my mother used to make when it came to the pomp and circumstance of dress up on Resurrection Sunday. Sasha and Malia look absolutely ...

April 6, 2012

Beyonce Shows Off Family On New Tumblr Page, Plus More MyBrownBaby Fresh Links

Beyonce debuted her new Tumblr page, Beyonce | I Am, a beautifully arted website on which the notoriously private star shows off pictures of vacations, tours, and private moments with her husband, Jay-Z, her sister, Solange, her nephew, Daniel, and photos of her pregnancy with daughter Blue Ivy Carter. Though ...

April 5, 2012

Octomom Nadya Suleman Reveals She’s Been Getting Death Threats for Taking Food Stamps

By NICK CHILES “Octomom” Nadya Suleman told Matt Lauer on the “Today Show” this morning that she’s been getting death threats after it was revealed that she’s been forced to take food stamps to help feed her 14 children. Suleman said she gets $2,000 a month in government assistance—three years ...

April 3, 2012

During Spring Break, Dad and Dog Yearn for the Return of the Ladyfolk

By NICK CHILES It’s Spring Break and the wife has taken the kids to visit grandpa. So it’s just me and the dog, together in this big house. For five days. And though the dog and I generally don’t have much to do with each other, I’m starting to see ...

April 2, 2012

Baby Names In the 1940 Census: Turns Out My Grandparents Were Trendy

Records from the 1940 Census are being released online today by the U.S. National Archives after 72 years of confidentiality expires—which means details of the lives of more than 21 million people living in the U.S. and Puerto Rico will be available to anyone who wants to take a peek ...

March 28, 2012

Apology To My Brown Boy: Bassey Ikpi On Trayvon Martin, Mothers & Raising Black Boys (VIDEO)

Friends: MyBrownBaby contributor Bassey Ikpi penned this post and recorded the accompanying video, “Apology To My Brown Boy,” for her site, Bassey’s World. She very graciously allowed MyBrownBaby to share her words and videotaped poem here. By BASSEY IKPI About ten years ago, a few years before I became a ...

March 26, 2012

Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, Black Friends & White Privilege

It’s been one month since George Zimmerman shot and killed unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in his father’s gated, Sanford, Fl., community and the police let the kinda/sorta Neighborhood Watch captain with an itchy trigger finger go home without being arrested or charged—hell, without even having to hand over his murder ...

March 23, 2012

A Dad’s Plea: Let Our Little Girls Stay Little for As Long As We Can

By NICK CHILES Am I a prude if I think fourth- and fifth-grade girls shouldn’t be in makeup and high heels? Clearly, my thinking is not in line with plenty of other parents out there, judging by the heels, eye shadow, blush and lipstick I saw a few weeks ago ...

March 21, 2012

New Study: Boys Consume More Sugar than Girls; White Kids Consume More than Blacks and Hispanics

By NICK CHILES When it comes to our children and sugar, a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics contains some revelations that may surprise you: Older children consume more sugar than younger ones do, boys consume more than girls, and white children consume more than black or ...

March 16, 2012

Black Breastfeeding 360°: Celebrating A New Resource For African American Moms, Plus: A Nursing Bra Giveaway!

By KIMBERLY ALLERS I spend a lot of my time writing (loudly) about the problems I see in the world. Particularly, those affecting black mothers and babies. Nothing was more true than when I wrote last week about Beyonce breastfeeding her daughter in public and the paltry job mainstream breastfeeding ...

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