{Bringing Up Boogie} Bump the Baby Talk Mommy Needs Quiet!
By BASSEY IKPI When Boogie was born, I forbade (yes, FORBADE) anyone from speaking to him in baby talk. I told anyone that would listen...
{Digging In the MBB Crates} For My (Pro Union) Mom and Dad On Labor Day
For working hard And toiling long hours In hot factories On sore feet With tired hands But peaceful hearts For not enough pay And a...
A MyBrownBaby Weekend: Mos Def and Goapele Encourage Kids To Go To Infinity And Beyond
I’ve BEEN saying we should elect Mos Def for president, particularly after I saw him in this If I Were President video on the hip...
My Brown Barbies Are Beautiful
By DAREE ALLEN We all know that taking a child with you to the store for what is supposed to be a quick trip never...
{Bringing Up Boogie} Spanking, Time-Outs and the Soul Train Line: Getting To the Discipline That Works For Us
By BASSEY IKPI When I was a kid, I was always in trouble for doing something stupid. I don't have the space to go into...
Two Words For This MyBrownBaby Weekend: Idris. Elba.
Bow your heads for a moment of silence. Uh huh, yeah. Now we can proceed. Please believe, I’m making it my business to hit the...
Wordful Wednesday: Celebrating Black Love On the Dance Floor
My good friends over at BlackAndMarriedWithKids.com hipped me to this beautiful video of a couples’ dance ministry at Chicago’s own Trinity United Church of Christ....
A Beautiful Black Girl Finally Says, “I Love My Hair!”
By DENENE MILLNER Mari was three when she practically scalped herself with scissors fluffs of her curly afro clumped like polka dots across our beige...
Bringing Up Boogie: Black Boys Shouldn’t Shoot
By BASSEY IKPI From the second my sonogram revealed I was having a boy, I vowed not to dress him like the lame little boys in...
GET IT, PHARRELL WILLIAMS: Doing Big Things With Despicable Me
Mari and my nephew, Miles, were bored silly yesterday so I agreed to take them to the movies. The flick of choice: Despicable Me, starring...
Make MyBrownBaby THE BEST BLOG FOR BLACK MOMS
MyBrownBaby was selected as a finalist in the 2010 Black Weblog Awards for BEST PARENTING AND FAMILY BLOG! *insert image of Denene doing the wop here*...
My Son, Too
I can’t stop the water. He’s gone. And I know that, really, my tears are perfectly ridiculous. I mean, the boy had to grow up...
We Need More Black Children's Books On Borders's Bookshelves NOW.
My neighborhood Borders was running a children's book drive for a local hospital and since Denene loves the children and books, I offered to purchase...
Party Goods Featuring African American Children: What Would YOU Like To See?
I can throw a helluva kid's party for real. I mean, I go all out, you heard? Mari's first soiree was an all-white party in...
Tweens and Cell Phones A Lethal Combination
By DENENE MILLNER There they were, a restaurant table-full of 11-year-olds in their glittered shirts and multi-colored sneakers and dangling neon earrings, holding their cell...
