Atlanta Cheating Scandal: A Question of Character
By NICK CHILES When my son was growing up, we spent a lot of time grappling with issues of character. This is an essential exercise...
Go Denene! It’s My Birthday!
Today, I celebrate another birthday—a milestone that, after all these years, never, ever seems to get stale. I still go to sleep the night before...
Tackling Infant Mortality Rates—Without Stereotyping Black Mothers
So I wake up Saturday morning to this New York Times piece, Tackling Infant Mortality Rates Among Blacks, and by story’s end, I’m heated. I...
EBONY Love: Nia Long, Common and MyBrownBaby Bare It All!
My God, I loved being pregnant. Swollen feet, morning sickness, constipation and Mac truck-sized pre-natal vitamins aside, feeling that little body flutter against my belly,...
Mind Control: Raising A Critical Thinker
By CAROLYN EDGAR My son’s 5th grade Humanities class was given an assignment to write a letter to the Founding Fathers, explaining how the Constitution...
{Let’s Talk About Sex} How A Single Mom Talks To Her Son About Sex
By MICHELLE BOND When I close my eyes and think of my man taking me in his arms and passionately kissing me, I imagine us...
{Let’s Talk About Sex} A Recipe For Solid Relationships Between Black Girls and Boys
I’m not sure who wrote or designed this poster—just that my blog friend Chantily Patino of BiCulturalMom.com posted it on my personal facebook page. There’s...
How An Unplanned Pregnancy Changed The Way I Want To Talk To My Kids About Sex
By TARA PRINGLE JEFFERSON I quickly took the pregnancy test out of the bag and fumbled with the instructions: Pee on the stick, wait three...
{Let’s Talk About Sex} The Best Ways For Parents To Get Ready For “The Talk”
My talk with my mom about menstruation went something like this: Me: Mommy? We learned about periods in health class today. The teacher said we...
Honoring Uncle Willie: Help Run, Wifey, Run Raise $ For Cancer Research—And More Birthdays
I don’t know the particulars of how they met—just that it happened sometime when my Daddy was five and his big brother was seven and...
