{On the Parenting Post} Young, Gifted & Black
This week, as part of a blog-a-thon hosted by Parenting.com’s Mom Congress, I wrote an open letter to my daughters about what their father and...
And Now, the Part Where My Daughter Starts Hating Her Bootylicious Butt
So there's this study out by Glamour magazine that says women, on average, have at least 13 negative thoughts about their bodies during the course of...
Jaden Smith Can Date My Tween But Even Then, He’d Get Some Of This
You remember the drama behind my discovering my daughter’s tween friends like and are actively trying to date boys, right? Uh huh. Well, seeing as...
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....
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...
{Wordful Wednesday} Mari's Awesome, Supersplendiferous, Fantasticalicious Camp Pictures!
So my baby Mari survived her first sleepaway camp. More specifically, I survived Mari’s first sleepaway camp. She was gone for three… excruciatingly… looooong… days, hiking, repelling...
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...
My Brown Barbies Are Beautiful
By DAREE ALLEN We all know that taking a child with you to the store for what is supposed to be a quick trip never...
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...
