[Wordful Wednesday] Attack of the Killer Lemons
Occasionally Mari, Lila and I test the waters in the produce aisle at the grocery store, making a point of picking up fruits and vegetables...
The MyBrownBaby 2011 Bucket List
Here's the thing: Resolutions just aren't my thing. I mean, I've made them before promised to stop cursing (I curse like a New York City...
{On the Parenting Post} Smack Talking Over the Michael Jackson Wii Dance Game
I've kinda always been of the mindset that letting the kids win is a self-esteem booster a feel-good strategy that gives kids the confidence they...
{MyBrownBaby Redux} Yeah I Ate the Snickerdoodles. And?
[Editor’s Note: I was tooling around the MyBrownBaby treasure chest when I came across this post, written by the hubs two years ago. It STILL...
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
Lila and her best friend, Maggie Even as our country feels more divided than ever in my lifetime… Even as Governor Paul LePage says “Kiss...
The Tiger Mom Effect: When Immigrant Parents Think Their Childrearing Is Better Than Blacks’
I don’t know—maybe her balls were just hanging low that day. How else to explain how easily it rolled off her tongue? “You’re not like...
{Wordful Wednesday} We’ve Been Snowbound For Three Days :: Send. Help. Now.
We’re snowbound. Again. Being held hostage by all the ice and a bunch of people who can’t drive on said ice and a city that...
Help Raphael Saadiq and American Express Support Youth Music Education
Be clear: I'm a Raphael Saadiq stan from WAY back. Like, Little Walter and Feels Good way back. One of these days, maybe I'll tell you...
{Bringing Up Boogie} Single Mom Dating Is Confusing And Kinda Sucks Ass
I've been single since before Boogie was born. I was not with his father while I was pregnant or any time after that. I've dated...
Princess Boys: Should Boys Wear Dresses and Sparkly, Pretty Things To Kindergarten Class?
This little boy who fancies hot pink dresses and remarkable ruffles and sparkly, pretty things—he makes me giggly and hopeful and wishful that the...
How Do You Win the War On Childhood Obesity? Plant A Vegetable Garden With Your Kids
By GEORGE BALL Childhood obesity is now the nation’s disease an ailment crippling the body politic. The long-term health effects are well-established and include early...
{Wordful Wednesday} Black Snow Bunnies: My Babies and their Granddad On Christmas Vacation
There is absolutely nothing more peaceful to me than spending time with three of my favorite people in the world: My daughters and my dad....
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...
And What An Awesome Year It Was: MyBrownBaby 2010 In Review!
I can hardly believe that 2010 is coming to an end; it seems like it was just yesterday that we were designing this, the beginning...
I’m Gonna Hip You To The Tee: Remembering Teena Marie
I can not tell you how many Friday nights I spent down in the basement of my childhood home back in Long Island, hairbrush in...
