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April 5, 2013

Kudos to Magic Johnson for Modeling Fatherly Love in Supporting His Gay Son

By NICK CHILES What a beautiful demonstration of loving and supportive fatherhood we got this week from the great Magic Johnson. On the occasion of his 20-year-old son Earvin Johnson III, also known as E.J., stepping out of the closet and announcing to the world that he’s gay, Johnson exhibited a ...

April 3, 2013

Father Who Beat Daughters With Cable Wire For Twerking Should Be Charged With Child Abuse

I am shaking, eyes filled with water, heart racing, alternately horrified, disgusted and absolutely pissed after watching the viral video of a father beating his daughters with cable wire for posting twerking videos on YouTube. My girl Demetria Lucas Tweeted me about it a few days back, but I took ...

April 2, 2013

Bump the Princeton Mom Letter: What I Want MY Daughters To Know About Love at College

Here’s what Susan Patton, a nice, Upper East Side Jewish mom who graduated Princeton Class ’77, wants my daughters to know: when they get to the Ivy Leagues, they better snag that M.R.S. degree while they’re getting that baccalaureate because if they’re not married by graduation, they’ll spend the rest ...

March 27, 2013

{Dr. Ivor Is In} Birds, Bees, and Body Changes: Talking To Tweens & Teens About Puberty

By DR. IVOR HORN The first time I was interviewed about this subject my oldest child, a girl, was 9 years old. She is 13 now and many of those hypotheticals are now reality. Her body has matured in ways that look more young woman than little girl and her conversations and ...

March 20, 2013

How To Kill A Bug In 50 Screams Or Less (When Your Man Refuses To)

Okay—y’all know how I feel about bugs. I don’t do bugs. Like, ever. Forreal, forreal? I’ll burn down the house to keep from squishing one with a shoe or—ewa!—a tissue. And, despite their daddy’s best efforts, I’ve successfully passed on the Bug Punk gene to my daughters. Which pretty much ...

March 13, 2013

Louis Armstrong Had A Child: A Daughter Claims Her DNA—And, Finally, Her Legacy

By SHARON PRESTON-FOLTA Dear Dad, I thought that telling our story would bring me some peace. I laid that burden, too, on time—thought that the passing years and the life experiences and the wisdom gained would make me feel better about our relationship. About you and I. About what we ...

March 6, 2013

Sex After Birth: Majority Of New Moms Wait Longer Than Six Weeks. Duh.

Yet another “duh”-worthy study on women and pregnancy claims that a majority of new moms wait longer than the six-week doctor-ordered minimum to have sex after giving birth. Researchers who periodically surveyed 1,507 first-time mothers living in Melbourne, Australia, about their sexual activity within the first year of childbirth found ...

February 22, 2013

Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa Birth New Baby Boy—Plus More MyBrownBaby Fresh Links

A hearty congratulations to Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa, the proud parents of a new baby boy. Wiz announced the birth last night via Twitter: ”Happy Birthday Sebastian “The Bash” Taylor Thomaz!!!” he tweeted. “Everyone welcome this perfect young man into the world.” Of course, celebrities far and wide obliged the new ...

February 19, 2013

Beyonce Gushing about Blue Ivy’s Smarts Reminds a Dad of the Day He Met His Daughter’s Genius

By NICK CHILES Hearing Beyonce gleefully tell Oprah about the brilliance of her baby girl Blue Ivy reminded me of the heady, joyous days of new parenthood, when everything your child does is an occasion for celebration and you are absolutely convinced that your baby is a genius. “She is ...

February 15, 2013

The Best Newborn Photo Ever: A 13-Year-Old Adoptee Gets the Baby Pictures He Never Had

Baby pictures are hard to come by for adoptees, especially if they’ve spent years in the foster care system. Maybe the birth parents didn’t have the time, money or inclination to take a few, and surely, adoption agencies don’t have the resources to concern themselves with such things. I have ...