Hands Off This Girl: One Woman’s Fight To Help End the Sex Trafficking of Children
By Shandra McDonald-Bradford You don’t know what you don’t know until you know it. Before I became a mother in 2008 to a wonderful little...
A Great Day In Atlanta: Instagram Pics Of Our Fun Family Day (Wordful Wednesday)
I can’t even begin to tell you how nutty the last six weeks have been. First off, I wrote a book in two weeks: the...
News Flash: Pets in the House Can Keep Your Newborns Free of Disease
By NICK CHILES This is one that will surely stop new mothers in their tracks: Infants that live with a dog in the house are...
Forget About Superheroes: Single Moms Are the Ones With the Super Powers!
By HEATHER HOPSON When I became a single mother, I became a super hero. I received special powers long before my baby was born. Super...
Usher Stepson Declared Brain Dead After Jet Ski Accident; Tameka Foster Raymond Is With Her Son
Our hearts go out today to Tameka Foster Raymond as she and ex-husband, R&B star Usher, hold vigil over her 11-year-old son, Kyle Glover, who...
Chris Rock on White People’s Independence Day, George Zimmerman’s $1 Million Bail and More MBB Fresh Links
Seems as if comedian Chris Rock, he of the always-dead-on-commentary-on-race ruined a few good ol’ boy barbecues over the Fourth of July when he sent...
The 6-Year-Old Who Can Make Your Booty Pop—And the Adults Who Should Be Carted Away For This Madness
What in the name of Elmo, Barney and all things Sweet Baby Jesus sacred is going on with this world when a mother and a...
American Dreamin’: Loving What’s Good About My Country On the Fourth of July By Celebrating Others
I’m a proud American—no one can take that away. Of thee, I sing. Still, my country is not perfect, by a stretch. My place here, as...
For Black Parents, Maybe Co-Habitation Deserves a Second Look
By NICK CHILES For most of us, we don’t have to look far to find evidence of the growing attraction of co-habitation over marriage for...
Longer Womb Time = Smarter Kids, Says Study: Yet Another Reason To Avoid Scheduled C-Sections
If you’re pregnant, you might want to erase that scheduled C-section from your calendar: a new study shows that babies who stay in the womb...
Nia Long & Sons On Essence Cover: Black Celebrity Single Moms Are Worthy of Celebration, Too (UPDATE)
UPDATE: This piece, on Nia Long’s cover story in Essence, has been updated with the actress’s quotes about marriage and motherhood and her choice to...
For Many White People, Opposition to Health Care is All About Race
By NICK CHILES For the life of me, I still have the hardest time figuring out why so many white people are so vehemently opposed...
POW! SCOTUS Upholds Obamacare—A Win For Women & Children, Plus: Nora Ephron, Sparkle Links
If you and your brood are lucky enough to not have to worry about little things like pregnancy being a pre-existing condition, your kids being...
Ann Curry Bids Farewell To the Today Show: We’re Going To Miss Our Favorite Anchor
As a journalist, parenting expert and mom blogger, I’ve had the great honor and pleasure of being a guest on the Today show, where I’ve...
Five Great Ways To Motivate Your Significant Other To Exercise
By KODJO Do you remember when you and your mate first met? You couldn’t have enough of each other; you remember those days right? Fast...
