{On the Parenting Post} Smack Talking Over the Michael Jackson Wii Dance Game
I've kinda always been of the mindset that letting the kids win is a self-esteem booster a feel-good strategy that gives kids the confidence they...
The Tiger Mom Effect: When Immigrant Parents Think Their Childrearing Is Better Than Blacks’
I don’t know—maybe her balls were just hanging low that day. How else to explain how easily it rolled off her tongue? “You’re not like...
Princess Boys: Should Boys Wear Dresses and Sparkly, Pretty Things To Kindergarten Class?
This little boy who fancies hot pink dresses and remarkable ruffles and sparkly, pretty things—he makes me giggly and hopeful and wishful that the...
On the Parenting Post: 11-Year-Old Gangstas And Their Parents Suck
The other day while volunteering at my Lila's school, I had a most disturbing conversation with a friend of mine, a mom of an 11-year-old....
On the Parenting Post: I'm A Crap Mom
That’s Me, Denene Crap Mom Extraordinaire We are not rich by any stretch, but the babies have all that they need and all that they...
The Baby Who Never Was: Black Women and Miscarriage
The cramping started in the car—sharp pains that felt like the spasms I get when my period is imminent. By the time I got back...
Bones, Baggage, Black Girl Curves and Mama Bears
Okay, yeah—I’m sensitive about weight and body issues, particularly when it comes to my girls. I lay blame squarely at the feet of my childhood...
Watermelon, The “N” Word and the Hearts of (Wo)Men
It was fun, I guess. We did all kinds of art projects together and cool stuff like learning how to sew and make sun tea...
WANTED: A Wife
Forty-one-year-old woman with husband and three kids seeks consort/right-hand lady/stand-in to cut a sistah some slack/work out some things around the house when she...
My Son, Too
I can’t stop the water. He’s gone. And I know that, really, my tears are perfectly ridiculous. I mean, the boy had to grow up...
