The Beauty—and Crazy—Of Being a New Mom: An #MBIBMoms Twitter Chat with MyBrownBaby
Join us as we talk about the joys, fears and beauty of new motherhood!
Child, Please: How Mama’s Old-School Lessons Helped Me Check Myself Before I Wrecked Myself (Excerpt)
Black girls already have the challenge of overcoming the baggage that comes with having booties and boobies. But what's a mom to do when her daughter is born with straight hair?
The Bomb MyBrownBaby Mother’s Day Gift Guide
This Mother's Day Gift Guide is full of treasures guaranteed to make the mom in your life Pharrell happy.
This Picture of Hero Mom Toya Graham, Her Son and Anderson Cooper Is Worth 1,000 Words
Hero mom Toya Graham and her son, Michael Singleton, are pawns. This picture makes that very clear.
In Honor Of the Black Mothers Of Slain Sons: Art for Justice
In honor of the mothers who cry out for their sons.
To the Jerk Who Called Me a Black Racist: Don’t Come For Me Unless I Send For You
MyBrownBaby is a Blackety Black website written from a Blackety Black perspective by a Blackety Black writer. You will deal.
About the Baltimore Protest and Freddie Gray: What I’m Telling My Kids
Our children are witnessing history—a revolution. Here's how we're opening our girls' eyes to what's really going on.
Talking Free Range Parenting On NPR: Apparently I’m a Crap Mom For Not Letting My Kids Run Amok
No, I don't think it's cool to let kids roam in the park unsupervised for hours at a time. You can hate me now.
When It Comes To Female Superheroes, What’s So Super About Minimizing Black Girls?
It's great to celebrate female superheroes, but what happens when they minimize Black girls?
The Implications of Sherri Shepherd Being Forced To Be a Mother To a Child She Doesn’t Want, Plus Other Fresh Links
A judge ruled that Sherri Shepherd must be the mother of a child born via surrogacy after her split with her husband, plus links on how standardized testing hurts Black children and a hilarious new Instagram page that features food kids refuse to eat for the most ridiculous reasons.
The Greatest Gift A Parent Could Give To a Child: In God (and Mommy/Daddy) She Trusts
How one dad's mission to put a little sweetness in his child's hand inspired a mom to give her daughter the gift of trust.
Sibling Fighting: It’s like Mayweather v Pacquiao. Except They’re (Slightly) Smaller and More Brutal.
Sibling fighting is inevitable. But you can teach your kids how to work it out.
Five Lessons Learned From the First Year of Mommyhood
Lessons for first time mothers are hard won, but this mom's experience sheds some light on what to expect.
Our Teen Crush Amandla Stenberg on Cultural Appropriation: “What Would America Be Like If We Loved Black People As Much As We Loved Black Culture?”
What's got us smiling from ear to ear and high-fiving Black girl magic today? This video of 16-year-old "Hunger Games" actress Amandla Stenberg breaking down cultural appropriation and the importance of respect for Black aesthetic.
Unschooling Black Children Without The Restrictions of School, Plus Other MyBrownBaby Fresh Links
Unschooling Black children is about liberation. This mom shows us how she does it, plus notes on the food stamp challenge, the color of autism advocacy, the trials of transracial adoptees and real talk for an 8-year-old who hears about rape on TV.
