{Bringing Up Boogie} Spanking, Time-Outs and the Soul Train Line: Getting To the Discipline That Works For Us
By BASSEY IKPI When I was a kid, I was always in trouble for doing something stupid. I don't have the space to go into...
Bringing Up Boogie: Black Boys Shouldn’t Shoot
By BASSEY IKPI From the second my sonogram revealed I was having a boy, I vowed not to dress him like the lame little boys in...
For Black Moms Whove Considered the Cuss Out When the Playground Banter Is Much Too Much
Editor's Note: So I was fussing around on Twitter Sunday afternoon when I came across poet and writer Bassey Ikpi's tweets from the frontlines er,...
{MyBrownBaby Redux} Baby Talk At Its Finest: Oh The Things They'll Say!
Editor’s Note: I met today’s contributor on Facebook, in an invitation-only chat room commemorating Barack Obama’s Democratic nomination acceptance speech. The room was full of...
Crocs, Muffets and Parent Spies To The Left
By BASSEY IKPI E is a very friendly little boy and I know that most mothers are jumpier than I am about whom their kid...
Now You Can: An Open Letter To Elaiwe Ikpi
By BASSEY IKPI Dear Elaiwe, It is morningthe day after history was brokenand rebornand your mother still carries the weightof last eveningit is a slow...
Baby Talk At Its Finest: Oh, The Things They'll Say!
By BASSEY IKPI I was the girl who was never going to get married never going to have children. I mean, I’m not even all...
