A 13-Month-Old Ingests Cocaine While in Care of Grandma, 34, and Boyfriend, 22
By NICK CHILES There are some stories that simply take your breath away by revealing the sheer outrageousness of the lives some of us lead....
Confession: I Let My Kids Watch The Kardashians and Love & Hip Hop Atlanta
So yeah, a day after talking all that yang about the Dark Knight Rises shooting and how I refuse to take my kids to adult...
Kile Glover, Son of Usher Ex-Wife Tameka Raymond, Dies
Kile Glover, the 11-year-old stepson of R&B star Usher who was declared brain-dead in early July, died today from heart failure. Earlier reports indicated he...
Colorado Shooting & Babies In the Movie Theater: Should Kids See Adult Flicks?
While last week’s senseless Dark Knight Rising massacre in a Colorado theater has everyone talking about gun control, mental illness and alleged shooter James Holmes’s...
Colorado Theater Shooting: A Mom Recalls Her Own “Dark Knight” Horror
By Kia Morgan Smith The horrific Colorado tragedy in which a gunman opened fire in a crowed midnight showing of Dark Knight Rises, killing 12 people and wounding...
Blue Ivy Carter Is Adorable. So Why the Shade Over Her “Black” Features? Plus: More Fresh Links
A picture of Blue Ivy, Beyonce and Jay-Z’s darling daughter, hit the internet this week and my God, that baby is a beauty—curly afro, chubby...
Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s New (Pregnant) CEO, Isn’t Special.
What I really want to say is that Marissa Mayer, the new CEO of Yahoo who announced shortly after her landmark appointment this week that...
George Zimmerman Says Killing Trayvon Martin Was “Part Of God’s Plan” and He Doesn’t Regret It
George Zimmerman, the wanna-be neighborhood watchman who stalked, shot and killed unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, sparking a raging nationwide debate on race, guns and the...
Popular Baby Names 2012: Blue and Django Made the List. Insert Deep Sigh Here.
Well yeah—that didn’t take long, did it? Turns out that as original as Beyonce and Jay-Z thought they were being when they named their daughter...
Happy Birthday, Nelson Mandela. The World Loves and Honors You.
By NICK CHILES As the entire globe pauses today to say Happy 94th Birthday to the remarkable Nelson Mandela, I wanted to take a moment...
Give Your Nose A Hug: Method Dish Soap Makes Me Totally Want To Clean Stuff.
Two things my parents swore by: kids who don’t pay bills, buy groceries or have jobs should wash the dishes, and any dish that isn’t...
Jada Pinkett Smith Shares A Touching Photo Of Willow And Will
It’s hard to believe that Willow Smith has anything close to a normal childhood, but a touching picture posted online by her mother has shown otherwise. Jada Pinkett...
Usher Custody Battle After Stepson’s Accident, Plus: News On Zimmerman, Sandusky & More Fresh Links
As Usher’s ex-wife holds vigil by the bedside of her son, who a week ago today was critically injured in a tragic jet ski accident...
Are We Stupid or What—As Child Obesity Rises, Our Schools Eliminate Gym
By NICK CHILES A new study by the CDC should be disturbing news for the parents of any elementary or middle school aged child because...
MyBrownBaby Wins the 2012 Maggie Award For Its “Let’s Talk About Sex” Series For Black Parents
And in today’s Awesome MyBrownBaby News: MyBrownBaby, the award-winning, critically-acclaimed site that focuses on both loving and raising African American children and the intersection of...
