The 6-Year-Old Who Can Make Your Booty Pop—And the Adults Who Should Be Carted Away For This Madness
What in the name of Elmo, Barney and all things Sweet Baby Jesus sacred is going on with this world when a mother and a...
American Dreamin’: Loving What’s Good About My Country On the Fourth of July By Celebrating Others
I’m a proud American—no one can take that away. Of thee, I sing. Still, my country is not perfect, by a stretch. My place here, as...
For Black Parents, Maybe Co-Habitation Deserves a Second Look
By NICK CHILES For most of us, we don’t have to look far to find evidence of the growing attraction of co-habitation over marriage for...
Longer Womb Time = Smarter Kids, Says Study: Yet Another Reason To Avoid Scheduled C-Sections
If you’re pregnant, you might want to erase that scheduled C-section from your calendar: a new study shows that babies who stay in the womb...
Nia Long & Sons On Essence Cover: Black Celebrity Single Moms Are Worthy of Celebration, Too (UPDATE)
UPDATE: This piece, on Nia Long’s cover story in Essence, has been updated with the actress’s quotes about marriage and motherhood and her choice to...
For Many White People, Opposition to Health Care is All About Race
By NICK CHILES For the life of me, I still have the hardest time figuring out why so many white people are so vehemently opposed...
POW! SCOTUS Upholds Obamacare—A Win For Women & Children, Plus: Nora Ephron, Sparkle Links
If you and your brood are lucky enough to not have to worry about little things like pregnancy being a pre-existing condition, your kids being...
Ann Curry Bids Farewell To the Today Show: We’re Going To Miss Our Favorite Anchor
As a journalist, parenting expert and mom blogger, I’ve had the great honor and pleasure of being a guest on the Today show, where I’ve...
Five Great Ways To Motivate Your Significant Other To Exercise
By KODJO Do you remember when you and your mate first met? You couldn’t have enough of each other; you remember those days right? Fast...
Mission Possible: A Black Mom Trades In “Having It All” For “Having What Matters”
By TAIIA SMART YOUNG Motherhood terrified me more than any horror flick from my youth ever could. Jason. Freddie. Both of those characters were make...
