Her Name Is Orange Blossom, Dammit.
By now, most of my faithful MyBrownBaby readers know that I make a living from my writing; for almost two decades, most every article/column/essay/book I’ve...
Summertime, and the Living Isn't So Easy
By NICK CHILES One of these days I need to ask my parents if they felt the same way about the summertime as I do....
Evidence Those Extra Math Lessons Are Worth Every Penny
So we’re sitting at the table, throwing down on some spaghetti and homemade chunky tomato sauce with meatballs and sausage when the dinnertime conversation between...
Sign No. 2080 That My Kids Are Getting Too Old For Their Own Good
So it’s summer vacation time, and the kids are lazing around, pulling hours-long viewing sessions of Sponge Bob and iCarly, inhaling all the snacks in...
HAPPY SEVENTH BIRTHDAY, LILA!
The nurse insisted that her heartbeat was too slow and so to be sure that my soon-to-be-born little girl arrived in top form, I needed...
Tell Your Brown Baby It's Quite Okay to Be Brilliant… and Fabulous
My Mari’s always been the quiet one. Not the shy one, really. Just quiet. The kind of kid who’ll sit back, survey the land, and...
Disney's First African American Princess Is Frame-Ready!
I wrote back in February about how it’s going to be a whole new world at Disney with the debut of Princes Tiana, Disney's first...
So What I'm Saying Is That My Kid Might Have A Point
My 9-year-old walks around the house with her little flat chest poked out, making clear in word and deed that she thinks she’s smarter, stronger,...
MyBrownBaby Is Road Trippin With The BlogRollers
Yup I talked my way into the BlogHer or Bust Chevy with none other than the BlogRollers! I'll be riding to Chicago to crash the...
A MyBrownBaby Spring Break: The Mari and Lila Edition
We’re back from spending a beautiful and quite peaceful week with my Dad out in Virginia. There’s something about his place that just makes all...
