Shameless MyBrownBaby Self-Promotion: the iVillage Hook Up
I’ve loved iVillage for quite some time, particularly for their commitment to bringing quality online content to women. Of late, though, they’ve gone above and...
Teenage Car Traumas: A Dad Loses Control
By NICK CHILES Nobody told me it would be like this. Sure, I knew that when my teenage son got his license and we put...
On Father’s Day, Remember That Enough Is Always Enough, My Brotha
By DERRICK BARNES There’s one major concern and reoccurring worry that I have as a father, and that’s that I’m going to forget to teach...
Home Made Love: Of Course We Could Eat Possum, But Nachos and Pizza Will Do Just Fine
Okay, so I know I've been whining about this big family camping trip and I haven't been all sporty about it. Blame it on the...
So If I Have To Sleep With Lions and Tigers and Bears, At Least I'll Get the Sweet Hook-up!
So we're wrapping up a meeting with my sister-in-law's Greening Youth Foundation and two of my fellow board members, cracking up about the fact I've...
Happily Ever After: A Positive Image of Black Marriage
I’m such a fan of Lamar and Ronnie Tyler, the power couple behind one of my favorite websites, BlackandMarriedWithKids. Every day of the week, the...
Summertime, and the Living Isn't So Easy
By NICK CHILES One of these days I need to ask my parents if they felt the same way about the summertime as I do....
A MyBrownBaby Weekend: Eddie Murphy's New Kid Flick, "Imagine That."
Man, I used to love me some Eddie Murphy back in the day played my cassette of his first stand-up routine so many times, the...
HAPPY TENTH BIRTHDAY, MARI DOUBLE DIGITS ROCK!
It was the day before my due date and somebody thought the girl was going to be a big headed, 9 lb. baby if she...
Evidence Those Extra Math Lessons Are Worth Every Penny
So we’re sitting at the table, throwing down on some spaghetti and homemade chunky tomato sauce with meatballs and sausage when the dinnertime conversation between...
On Being 28 and Celebrating Another Year of Life
By ALLISSA HOSTENThe 16th birthday is considered sweet. At 17 or 18 (depending on your state) you can drive without a nervous parent breathing over...
My Girls Are Forcing Me To Go Camping. Help. Me.
Look I'm all in when it comes to saving the environment: I keep cloth bags in the car and use them every time I shop,...
Let's Talk About the Joys and Struggles of Black Parenting!
You all know by now how passionate I am about having black parents participate in the national conversation on parenting; I simply don’t think that...
Sign No. 2080 That My Kids Are Getting Too Old For Their Own Good
So it’s summer vacation time, and the kids are lazing around, pulling hours-long viewing sessions of Sponge Bob and iCarly, inhaling all the snacks in...
HAPPY SEVENTH BIRTHDAY, LILA!
The nurse insisted that her heartbeat was too slow and so to be sure that my soon-to-be-born little girl arrived in top form, I needed...
