Proof That I’m Doing My Job: Black Girls and Self-Esteem
It’s not that I hated how I looked, really. It’s just that after a while, it was hard to be judged, and not start co-signing...
Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby!
My talk with my mom about menstruation went something like this: Me: “Mommy? We learned about periods in health class today. The teacher said...
New On the Parenting Post: What Tough Girls Are Made Of
The girl had Mari by a few inches and at least 20 lbs, and she wasn’t afraid to bulldoze my baby whenever the soccer ball...
Girls Are Made of Snakes and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails, Too!
My God, I can’t stand bugs — never could. I mean, I grew up in Long Island, in a house with a grand, green, immaculately-maintained...
Wish Upon a Star With Disney and Steve Harvey
“When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are. Anything your heart desires will come to you. . . “ That’s the...
Take It From Me, Someday This Brown Mom Will Be Free
By MALAKA GYEKYEWhen I was getting ready to go to college in 1996, that was the big interview question we couldn’t wait to be asked...
Teenage Wasteland: When Your Kid Gets the Pink Slip, We ALL Pay
By NICK CHILESLast week my son got laid off. His supervisor at the pool where he has been a lifeguard for the last year-and-a-half informed...
Ha' Mercy: My 10-Year-Olds Body Is Too Bootylicious For Kidswear
I took Mari my first-born, my sweet girl, my baby school shopping this weekend in the ladies' section. It seems my days of buying pretty...
Playground Politics: A 20-Something Black Mom Negotiates Strollers and Stereotypes
By TARA PRINGLE JEFFERSON The judgmental stares start as soon as I pull up into the parking lot of the neighborhood playground. Among the rows...
Invasion of the Personality Snatchers… Or, Hurray, The Teenager is Here
By NICK CHILESIt is something we parents can't help. We look at our children, at their personality quirks and quivers, and we can't help playing...
