Baby Facebook: Parental Controls Or No, Kids On Facebook Means Mo’ Problems For Parents
Dear Sweet baby Jesus: Please save the babies from Mark Zuckerberg and the massive time-suck/child molester magnet that is sure to be the so-called “Baby...
Beating Your Kids in Competition Can Make Them Stronger
By NICK CHILES While parents may feel inclined to protect their children from every situation where they might fail, child development experts say that allowing...
His Bail Revoked, George Zimmerman Is Back In Jail Where He Belongs: Justice4Trayvon
George Zimmerman, the sorta-kinda neighborhood watch guy who stalked, shot and killed unarmed teen Trayvon Martin in a Florida subdivision in February, sparking national outrage...
The Fatkini and Gabi Fresh: On Having A Real Belly and Being Real Fly
For the record? You couldn’t beat me into a bikini. Not even when I was 120 lbs, pre-baby—before the stretch marks, thick thighs, and stretched...
For Tweens, Sexual Images Can Be Overwhelming and Harmful
By NICK CHILES Exposed to overtly sexual messages all around them, our tweens are growing up too early and can be harmed by exposure to...
When It Comes To the Best Schools, Where Are the Black Students?
By KUWANA HAULSEY Just as the Obama administration recently announced that ten states would share in $4.35 billion in grant money in the president’s Race to...
With Our Kids, Parents Are Fighting a Daily Battle Against the Gadgets
By NICK CHILES Researchers have found that the children of the poor spend more time than children of wealthier families using technology to play and...
Justin Combs Gets Full Scholarship To UCLA: Why He Deserves It, Despite Diddy’s Millions
Last time I checked, there was cause for celebration if an African American teenage boy earned a full scholarship to a sterling college based on...
Ditch the Gym: 9 Great Ways To Get Fit At Home
By ANDREA WOROCH According to the authors of “Freakonomics,” people who purchase gym memberships overestimate their attendance by 70 percent. As a result, over $500 of the...
A 6-Year-Old Walking Alone to School? Is This Crazy—Or Is It Just Me?
By NICK CHILES There was a story that sprang to my attention a couple weeks ago and it’s been bothering me so much that I...
Beyonce Shed 60 LBs With Good Old Fashioned Exercise & Dieting
Beyonce revealed her weight loss number to fans during the second night of her Atlantic City concerts. The 30-year old pop diva gave birth to her daughter...
Saluting the Tuskegee Airmen and Red Tails on Memorial Day, Plus a DVD Giveaway
Celebrate the DVD release of the triumphant film Red Tails, about the Tuskegee Airmen, by entering for your chance to win a copy of your...
Nas’ Video “Daughters” Scares the Hell Out of This Father of Girls
By NICK CHILES As the father of two daughters, I must say that I got chills down my spine as I viewed the video for...
Fantasia’s Baby Weight: Cut the American Idol Some Slack, Plus, More Fresh Links
Though it’s probably too much to ask of the public to remember that celebrities don’t owe us size zero figures, but rather their talent, it...
Baby In Washing Machine Put There by Sitter’s Boyfriend; Child Is Okay
Sweet baby Jesus, it just gets worse: turns out the tiny load seen in a video surveillance tape spinning in an active washing machine was...
