It's Like Tyson Vs. Holyfield Except They're Shorter. And More Brutal.
My daughters, Mari and Lila, love each other. I think. At least this is what I tell myself most days when the two of them...
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...
Beyond the Parking Lot Mafia: How I Get What I Want and My Children Need From My Kids' Teachers
As we head back to school, my kids' new teachers never really see me coming. That is until they make what they think is supposed...
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...
Love In the Time Of Play Dates
I promise you, I didn't see it coming the explosion of hormones, giggling fits and blushed cheeks that would come when I innocently invited a...
Talk, Talk, Talk Some More
No matter how much my tween wants to pretend the Mommy Touch is for babies, when she's feeling crappy, all bets are off: the Mommy...
The Subtle Art of Disciplining
Be clear: back in my day, mumbling under one's breath and slamming doors and talking back to the ˜rents was an indictable offense punishable by...
My Baby Is Getting Grown
I'm pretty sure I hadn't even wiped the sonogram goop off my belly before I rushed out to my favorite children's boutiques to pick out...
