A Mother’s Love: A Love Letter To The Woman Who Gave Me Away
I was 12 years old when I found my adoption papers tucked in a metal box under my parents’ bed. Too young to process alone...
MyBrownBaby Fresh: Lil Davinci Art Cabinet
If you’re addicted to kid’s art and, like me, you just can’t throw it away OR figure out where to stash it all, this frame...
On the MyBrownBaby Bookshelf: Out Of My Mind
By Mari Chiles Out Of My Mind, by Sharon Draper (Atheneum Books) Out Of My Mind is a book about a disabled girl, Melody, who...
Home Made Love: Shrimp and Mussels In Lemon and White Wine Sauce
In “Attack of the Killer Lemons,” I wrote about our discovery of the super odd, Pirates of the Caribbean-looking Buddha Hand Lemons. In that post,...
Are More Black Women Saying “No†To Motherhood?
I was about 11 or 12 when I started thinking about having babies. There was nothing nefarious about it I didn't have a boyfriend (or...
{CoffeeBreak} My Son And the Knife: When Mental Illness Turns a Boy Into a Man
By Michelle Bond My son was a week old the morning his father threatened me with a butcher knife because I tried to wake him...
{Bringing Up Boogie} Ready or Not? Deciding When and Where My Black Boy Goes to Kindergarten
By Bassey Ikpi This afternoon, my father handed me a brochure for St. Mathias Catholic School. It's that time. Boogie will turn 5 next November...
Tales of a (Not So) Supermom: Busting the Multitasking Myth
By Lorraine Sanabria Robertson At a church function recently, another mom I'd been chatting with quizzed me on how I get everything done. You blog,...
Welcome To the All New, Super Fly, Funky Fresh MyBrownBaby.Com!
OH, WE FANCY, HUH? Yes we are. Welcome to the new MyBrownBaby.com, the blog for parents who love their brown babies, by moms who do the same. MyBrownBaby has grown exponentially, with a wonderful following of moms (and dads! and moms-to-be!) who’ve supported MyBrownBaby’s mission:
Introducing Big Black Daddy
By Derrick Barnes When I told a friend of mine about the title of my new MyBrownBaby column, she said it gave her images of...
MyBrownBaby Fresh: THE PLANET BOX
It's cute, it's eco-friendly, and what kid can resist eating fresh fruit and crunchy veggies out of a lunchbox this delicious? It's the Planet Box,...
Home Made Love: The Easiest, Tastiest Chicken Pot Pie Recipe Ever
By Mari Chiles and Lila Chiles It’s been totally cold here in Georgia, which is weird because up until now, our winters have been kinda...
My Super Weird Pregnancy Craving
So I was doing laundry yesterday and Mari came in and did what she’s been doing since she was but a little pea in my...
Help Get Books Into the Hands Of Black Children: Buy One, Give One at NorthParan.com
I’ve loved books forever. I mean, I can remember spending hours tucked away in my room in my childhood home, digging into The Little Princess...
{On the Parenting Post} My Kid: Queen of Band-Aids & Boo Boos
I'm not sure why we always fall for the okey-doke. I mean, the kid is all drama all the time bumps into a chair and...
