#TBT: Willow Smith, The Hair Whip, and Coloring Outside the Lines
What if your parents had just encouraged you to pursue your passion—no matter what everyone else had to say about it, no matter how outside of the “norm” it was?
In Defense Of Willow Smith and Fast Tail Girls
What kind of message do we send black girls when we make them responsible for the impure thoughts of adults?
Jaden Smith’s Anti-Education Twitter Rant: ‘School Brainwashes The Youth,’ Everyone Should Drop Out
Deep, deep sigh: Jaden Smith launched himself right into a storm of criticism earlier this week for a series of tweets in which he suggested...
After Earth with Will Smith and Jaden Smith: A Pick-Me-Up Before We Head To the Movies Tonight
Okay, so can I just tell you that if Will Smith and his adorbs son, Jaden Smith, ever decide to do a concert together, the...
What You Do For Love: A Black Father Reflects On “Sacrifice” In Childrearing
By SHAWN TAYLOR Many children have trigger-points. It may be a place, a situation or a person, but when they’re triggered, they go bananas. For example:...
The Best Of MyBrownBaby, 2012 Edition: Stories That Moved the MBB Crowd
From controversial shootings (Trayvon Martin), celebrity deaths (Whitney Houston) and celebrity kid growing pains (Willow Smith) to political triumphs (President Barack Obama and Obamacare) and...
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...
Jada Pinkett-Smith Explains Willow Smith’s Independence, Quirkiness In Red Table Talk Series
During my Mother’s Day yesterday, I was taking a much-needed book writing break and tooling around on the internet when I stumbled on Jada Pinkett-Smith’s...
Willow Smith’s Shaved Head: Why Does This Child’s Short Haircuts Get Black Folk So Riled Up?
Willow Smith debuted a freshly shaven head last week—a new down-to-the-scalp hairdo that, of course, elicited all kinds of uproar across the internets, as the...
Willow Smith & The Stripper Pole: Kids Will Be Kids—Even Will And Jada’s
I mean, I get Willow Smith rocking the curly, hot pink-laced powdered wig that her musical mentor, Nicki Minaj, gave her after the two worked...
