If I Hear R. Kelly On My Radio One Mo’ ‘Gin…
Correct me if I’m wong, but wasn’t R. Kelly dragged to trial on charges he peed on and had sex with a 13-year-old? On tape?...
{Bringing Up Boogie} For Black Moms Whove Considered the Cuss Out When the Playground Banter Is Too Much
Editor's Note: I dug deep into the MyBrownBaby Crates for this piece, which I gathered together one Sunday afternoon while I was fussing around on...
{Bringing Up Boogie} My Boy and the White Barbie Cozying Up Under the Christmas Tree
By BASSEY IKPI Boogie is in that can you buy me that? stage of life. I dread commercials with anything that races, flies, explodes or...
{On the Parenting Post} Demi Lovato Is Just A Girl… Now How Do I Explain This To My Kid?
So there I was, watching the Today Show and trying to get in a couple more winks when Lila came into the room—just in time...
Just Say “NO” To the Stereotyping of African American Parents and Other Moms and Dads Of Color
Like, what kid doesn’t dig the park? Mari loved the slide, you know? And the monkey bars. And especially when I pushed her on the...
{Bringing Up Boogie} Crocs, Muffets, and Parent Spies To the Left
By BASSEY IKPI E is a very friendly little boy and I know that most mothers are jumpier than I am about whom their kid...
Black Moms and Ghetto Parents: They Are NOT One in the Same
Five years ago, Nick and I traded in our home in a lovely, comfortably upper middle class neighborhood in New Jersey for a house in...
Where’s Tyra Banks When You Need Her?
So just the other day, I read THIS STORY about how model scouts in Brazil continue to search for and export to the runways tall,...
Deep Sigh.
This mess right here? I can’t. And I won’t. But somebody’s mama clearly should have. Press play to see what I mean.
How to Braid Black Girl Hair the RIGHT Way
So the state of Illinois is backtracking on a law that requires hair braiders to get a cosmetology degree and be licensed before they sit...
