Back-To-School Blues: My Kids Aren’t the Only Ones Bummed That Summer’s Over
The thing is, with the deadlines and the traveling and the packing and unpacking that came with the house sale and the big move, summer...
Sparkle: A Novel, by MyBrownBaby’s Denene Millner, Hits Stores Today!
Today is the day that Sparkle: A Novel, hits bookstores—happy publication day to me! I’m so very excited to introduce my 20th (!) book, a...
On My 47th Birthday, Thanking My Diabetes for Waking Me Up
By NICK CHILES It’s been exactly 20 months since I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. It was a shocking night for me that feels...
Wisconsin Sikh Temple Shootings: Hate Should Never Be the American Way—But It Is
Today, we at MyBrownBaby take a moment to mourn the deaths of the six worshipers killed Sunday at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin by a...
Daycare Beating By 9-Year-Old Elicits Violent Responses—And Children Suffer
By STACEY PATTON As I watched the video of the 9-year-old child who punched, kicked, bit and pinched babies at a Mississippi daycare late last...
Healthy Ways to Deal With Conflict: Deflect The Wrath of a Screamer
By Margaret Paul, Ph.D My narcissistic mother was a screamer. Since my dad was numbed out, she got no satisfaction out of screaming at him....
As America Celebrates Gabby Douglas’ Historic Gymnastics Gold, We Salute Her Mom (UPDATE)
UPDATE: Gabby Douglas placed first in the women’s gymnastics individual all-around competition, making her the first African American woman to win Olympic gold in the...
Mayor Bloomberg Orders Hospitals To Hide Formula So More Moms Will Breastfeed
So yeah, I admit it: when New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg banned trans fat from area restaurants and wrote into law a requirement for...
Working Through Final Month Of Pregnancy Is Just As Bad As Smoking: New Study
And yet another study to remind moms-to-be that America’s maternity leave laws suck donkey booty and need a major overhaul for the sake of our...
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...
9-Year-Old Caught On Tape Violently Kicking, Punching, Biting Babies At Daycare
Oh. My. God. Those were the only three words I could say last night after viewing this Mississippi day care center surveillance video of a...
Katherine Jackson & the Jackson Family Values: A Billion Dollars Worth Of Mess
The fight over Michael Jackson’s children and estate has turned into a messy mess of an affair, with accusations of mama kidnapping, auntie slap boxing,...
Good News from CDC: Risky Sexual Behavior Among Black Youth Declines
While HIV remains a major threat to sexually active teens across America, recent studies show a drastic decline in sexually risky behavior among black teens....
Olympics 2012: Introducing New Sports To Our Kids—Beyond Track & Field
By BISHONNA COLBERT We are now like what—a day away from the 2012 Olympics? How exciting! I’m one of those people that gets a natural...
Sparkle: Introducing My Latest Book, Based On the Whitney Houston & Jordin Sparks Movie
Check out what was sitting oh so pretty in my mailbox yesterday: Author copies of my new book, Sparkle, the novelization of the upcoming movie...
