What We Need To Teach Black Children In the New Millenium
By SHAWN TAYLOR I am blessed to have received a great education. Maybe it was a time in U.S. history when educating our nation’s children was...
Black Children and Disability: When Race and Stigma Collide, A Black Mom Goes Hard For Her Baby
By TARICE L.S. GRAY I entered parenthood fully embracing the idealism that can be associated with uncertainty. I believed my daughter would be different in the...
Black Children and Education: Early Schooling, Family Support Is Key To Closing Gap, Says Steve Perry
By HEATHER HOPSON The Call “She’s in!” That’s what the director of a nationally recognized preschool told me over the telephone last week. Those two...
Encouraging Literacy For Black Children: Take the 20-4-30 Reading Challenge For Your Child
One of the best baby shower presents I got for my first child was a lovely set of board books that included stories with characters...
Black Children and Black History: The Importance Of Teaching Our Kids the Complexity Of Us
I was in the car headed to the Atlanta OneMillionRising rally with Mari and three of her female classmates, singing Prince’s “Adore” loud and off-key,...
ADHD Diagnoses In Black Children Increases By 70 Percent—Along With the Use Of Strong Meds
African American and Hispanic children have seen a jump in their diagnosis rates for Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder—a trend that comes as more psychiatrists...
Be Inspired: Tray Chaney Of “The Wire” Uses Hip Hop To Affect The Lives Of Black Children
You know Tray Chaney as low-level drug dealer, “Poot,” from The Wire, the edgy, award-winning drama that brought profound realism to heights never before seen...
A Family Exercise Routine Keeps the Diabetes Monster Away From Black Children
By NICK CHILES We talk a lot on MyBrownBaby about the benefits of exercise for kids—and we have some more helpful ammunition today to keep...
Pres. Obama Tries to Attack Educational Underperformance of Black Children
By NICK CHILES To address the alarming underperformance of African-American students in the nation’s school, President Obama yesterday signed an executive order establishing an office...
Supreme Court Decision Offers A Chance for Black Children in Prison
By JACKIE JONES The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Monday that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles aged 17 or younger is unconstitutional is relatively good news...
