Jada Pinkett Smith

#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?

– May 15, 2014

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?

– May 14, 2014

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...

– Sep 18, 2013

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...

– May 31, 2013

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:...

– May 30, 2013

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...

– Dec 31, 2012

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...

– Jul 17, 2012

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...

– May 14, 2012

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...

– Feb 7, 2012

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...

– Jan 12, 2012
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