Mean Mugging Babies: How Disengaging With Your Child Leads To Emotional Harm
By DR. STACEY PATTON Want to stress out an infant? Have a mother look at her baby with a “still face,” no expression, interaction or...
‘The Watsons Go To Birmingham’: A Civil Rights Audio Book Giveaway
To celebrate Friday night’s debut of the film adaptation of the award-winning novel, “The Watsons Go To Birmingham,” MyBrownBaby is teaming up with the Random...
‘The Watsons Go To Birmingham’: Sneak Peek At the Novel Adaptation Premiering On The Hallmark Channel (VIDEO)
Yes—get hype people! In just one week, one of our favorite books, Christopher Paul Curtis’ Newberry Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winning book The...
{Faith & Motherhood} Ten Life Lessons For My Baby Girl
After months of worrying whether my baby girl would “stick” or not (because of previous miscarriages) and finally settling into what ended up being a...
White Mom, Black Daughter, Natural Hair: When Beautiful Means “Different.”
By Stacey Conner “Who does her hair?” she asks me gruffly. I look up from the table where I am trying to manage my four...
George Zimmerman’s Wife Calls 911, Claims He Punched Her Dad and Pulled A Gun On Them
Be clear: we all saw this coming. George Zimmerman was taken into police custody Monday after his wife, Shellie Zimmerman, called 911 to report that...
My #KinseyUntold Story: Chronicling My Dad’s Incredible Journey Through Jazz History
As long as I’ve been old enough to have an interest in American history, I’ve always thought it strange how the history of my people,...
Locs of Love: Black Women Uplift Girl Barred From Tulsa School For Wearing Natural Hair
It was a simple call. Drexel University Professor Dr. Yaba Blay, an outspoken advocate who uses her platform to break down the binds of colorism...
Viola Davis Wows On ESSENCE With Natural Hair, Vows Not To Traumatize Her Daughter About Her Hair
After running through a gauntlet of hateful attacks against black girl beauty and natural hair these past couple of days, I’m so happy to end...
Tulsa School Sends Girl Home Because Her Natural Hair Is “Faddish” and “Unpresentable”
I swear to Sweet Baby Jesus in the Manger, after that whole Sheryl Underwood “afros are nasty” debacle earlier this week, the absolute last thing...
{Faith & Motherhood} Water-Walking Into Motherhood After Miscarriages and Others’ Doubt
“Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s...
My #KinseyUntold Story: A Black Couple Adopts A Baby, Building Their Family and Defying the Odds
I hear often whenever the subject of adoption comes up that white people adopt Black children because African American couples will not, and sure, there...
[Dr. Ivor Is In] Digital Media Check-ups & The New Thing I’m Prescribing to My Patients This Year
It’s back to school time in our house so we are clearing out the summer-learning cobwebs and trying to get back into our school-time routine....
Sheryl Underwood Calls Afro Hair ‘Nasty,’ Wonders Why Mothers Save Baby’s First Clippings
Snapping on “The Talk” co-host Sheryl Underwood’s Dollar Store doll baby wigs or her remarkably uncanny resemblance to Arsenio Hall’s drag queen character in that...
Cuz He’s Black: When African American Boys Ready Themselves For a War We Can’t Prepare Them For
Really, I have no words to add to what poet Javon Johnson says in this, his poem, “Cuz He’s Black.” All the emotion, all the...
