Disgusting Behavior of Rutgers Coach Mike Rice Is a Violation of Parents’ Trust
By NICK CHILES As a former athlete and the father of athletes who have played sports at every level up to NCAA Division 1, I...
Father Who Beat Daughters With Cable Wire For Twerking Should Be Charged With Child Abuse
I am shaking, eyes filled with water, heart racing, alternately horrified, disgusted and absolutely pissed after watching the viral video of a father beating his...
[FATHER/HOOD] Villages Don’t Raise Children Anymore
By SHAWN TAYLOR Let’s go way back. On the 1996 De La Soul classic Stakes Is High, Posdnuos emceed “Neighborhoods are now ’hoods/’Cause nobody’s neighbors/Just animals/Surviving with...
Bump the Princeton Mom Letter: What I Want MY Daughters To Know About Love at College
Here’s what Susan Patton, a nice, Upper East Side Jewish mom who graduated Princeton Class ’77, wants my daughters to know: when they get to...
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...
Radio Station Bans Rick Ross, Lil Wayne Over Sexist Rape Lyrics: ‘Bout Time!
Round of applause for Michigan radio station 103.7 The Beat, which took a bold stand against irresponsible, misogynistic, foul, rape culture rap lyrics by banning...
When It Comes to Our Daughters’ Panties, Forgive Us for Not Trusting Victoria’s Secret
By NICK CHILES After word seeped out that Victoria’s Secret was targeting its PINK underwear line to young teenagers and even tweens, pushing panties with...
{Dr. Ivor Is In} Birds, Bees, and Body Changes: Talking To Tweens & Teens About Puberty
By DR. IVOR HORN The first time I was interviewed about this subject my oldest child, a girl, was 9 years old. She is 13 now and...
Baby Shot In Stroller Deserves Justice—But the RIGHT Killer Must Be Punished
First, let me say this about the animal(s) responsible for the death of Antonio Santiago, the 13-month-old baby shot in his stroller last week during...
Melissa Harris-Perry To 16-Year-Old Steubenville Rape Victim: I Believe You (Video)
It might be hard for you to not get teary behind “I Believe You,” MSNBC talk show host Melissa Harris-Perry’s heartfelt letter to the 16-year-old...
White Man Accused Of Slapping Black Baby Says His Son Was Dying, Pleads Not Guilty
Joe Rickey Hundley, the 60-year-old Idaho man accused of slapping a 19-month-old African American baby in his face and demanding the child’s mother “shut that...
In NYC Stop-and-Frisk Trial, A Window Into Every Black Parent’s Worst Nightmare
By NICK CHILES Currently unfolding inside a Manhattan courtroom, couched in the language and apparatus of the U.S. legal system, is a rare window into...
How To Kill A Bug In 50 Screams Or Less (When Your Man Refuses To)
Okay—y’all know how I feel about bugs. I don’t do bugs. Like, ever. Forreal, forreal? I’ll burn down the house to keep from squishing one...
We Belong Together: Raising Our Voices In Support Of Immigrant Women and Mothers
MyBrownBaby is in Washington, D.C., today, proudly joining We Belong Together, a diverse group of women from across the United States who’ve come together to...
Steubenville, Ohio Rape Case Shows Teen Cruelty Unleashed by Social Media
By NICK CHILES Now that the verdict has been delivered in the Steubenville, Ohio, rape case, sending two football players to imprisonment in the juvenile...
