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,...
Nominate MyBrownBaby For A Black Weblog Award (Or Four)
Last year, MyBrownBaby was extremely honored to win two prestigious Black Weblog Awards Best Parenting and Family Blog and Best Blog Design making this blog...
Daddy’s Hands
His hands tell the story—those thick fingers and wrinkles and scars, and especially the calluses, speak to me. Remind. Of just how remarkable my Daddy...
The Way We Move: Why I ♥ Being A Black Woman
A little over a month ago, the incredibly talented and gracious Lynya Floyd, an Essence magazine editor and friend, asked me to write a poetic...
I Ain't Raising No Punks
By DENENE MILLNER It's not that my daughter, Mari, is shy; she hasn't had any problems making friends. She's just super quiet, really big on...
Losing His Cool: Author Thomas Chatterton Williams Breaks Down Black Boys Vs. Hip Hop
Editor’s Note: I am so very pleased to introduce to MyBrownBaby Thomas Chatterton Williams, author of “Losing My Cool,” an incredibly poignant and telling memoir...
Something Stinks At Seattle's Thurgood Marshall Elementary School.
Sweet baby Jesus. It took me a minute to shake the tomfoolery that went down last month when a high school teacher one in the...
{Digging In the MBB Crates} Shining: What I Love About Me
Editor’s Note: My beautiful, inspirational, and ridiculously, deliciously funny friend Akilah over at EXECUMAMA is holding a “See Me Shine” contest; participants are writing...
Ice Cube Is Gangsta Redefined…
Tomorrow, TBS will air the first of 10 episodes of Ice Cube’s new TV series, Are We There Yet?, the small screen version of his...
Graduation Day The Little Boy Grows into a Man
By NICK CHILES Our world is in such a shabby state that it is a little disconcerting to imagine sending a child out into it...
Daddy's Dream Come True And Mine, Too
His mother died when he was just 10 years old and with her went my dad's dream of a solid education. See, my grandfather needed...
ENOUGH. [Don’t Let Aiyana Jones Die In Vain]
Her name was Aiyana Jones and she was only 7 years old.The dimples in her chocolate cheeks and that hand on her hip tell a...
Check Out MyBrownBaby On Kathie Lee & Hoda!
I’ll be kicking it with Kathie Lee and Hoda on the Today Show today, answering the sticky questions parents have on everything from potty training...
I ♥ Faces “Faces and Flowers†Photo Challenge: Beautiful Mari
Oh, I couldn’t help it. I know I’m supposed to be chillin’ with the blogging, but my favorite photography site, I ♥ Faces, has an irresistible...
I Go To Work…
First, know that I’m not giving up. It’s just that I’m in the middle of a bear of a project, with a June 15 deadline,...
