What’s Your Guilty Pleasure?
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Do you feel guilt because you think you’ve had your children too early or too late in life? Perhaps you feel badly about having the right children with the wrong mate. Are you a working ... More
Cage Fighting Kids: Brutal Sport or a Lesson in Discipline?
Two people, battling it out in a 28-foot cage, punching and kicking as screaming fans cheer them on. No, it’s not an Ultimate Fighting Championship match, it’s the increasingly popular sport for kids—mixed martial arts cage fighting.
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Daddy Noire: Hip-Hop Isn’t Destroying My Child
For those of you that don’t know, most of the writing I’ve done prior to this whole parenting thing has been about Hip-Hop. I’ve been a Hip-Hop head since I was six and can’t live without it – flaws and all…. More
New play yard Safety Rules to Take Effect
As of February 28, 2013, importers and manufacturers of infant and toddler play yards, sometimes referred to as playpens, are required by law to test their products so they meet new safety standards designed to prevent injuries and deaths to children. New play yards must be tested for stability to prevent tipping, minimum side height requirements to prevent children from climbing out of the play yard, and lock mechanisms that prevent the play yard from collapsing while in use…. More
Is Your Tot a Potato Couch Like You?
Children are like sponges. They retain everything we do and say around them. They look to us for guidance without having to say it. There is a natural desire for them to be just like us, which is why we find our little girls in our closet, trying to walk in our heels and wearing our pearls. This is true for our health as well…. More
Are My Children Racist?
The idea of race is a figment of our imagination. Scientists recognize it as a social construction rather than a biological one, yet few people question its existence. Like chocolate, people range in hue from shades of dark chocolate, to milk chocolate, to white chocolate, but any chocolate lover appreciates them all. God set us in various parts of the world where the sun’s rays shine a little differently but are glorious nonetheless, and then he appropriated our skin tones to accommodate such. Race designations are merely a way to divide an otherwise undivided human race, so you can imagine my shock and disapproval when I found out my children are racist…. More
Dealing With Grandparents That Don’t Follow the Rules
Whether you’re forty and invite your ailing elderly mother to share your household with you, your husband and kids or a teenage parent still sharing a roof with your mom while you’re still growing into the role, raising your children while living with parents is at the least, a challenging situation…. More
Media Wars: Are We Fighting the TV for Our Kids?
Neck-rolling, finger-snapping, talking-back sassiness – that’s what had taken over my child’s body. I blinked rapidly showing my utter confusion. “Honey, where did you get that from?” I asked. “That’s what the little girl on Disney channel does!” was the reply…. More
Get That Hair Right! 4 Tips to Keeping Your Little Girl’s Hair Moisturized
When I first had my daughter, there were times when I seriously considered shaving her hair off. I had no idea how to make it grow and stay moisturized. I had just embraced wearing my hair naturally, but I had a hard time figuring out what to do with a 4 year old’s whose hair was without chemicals. I bought a lot of high priced hair products. Majority of them failed to garner the results I sought. Finally one night when I was about to ‘call it quits’ with all of the ‘new advice’ us naturals get on how to maintain hair and what products to (or not to) use, I decided to go online…. More
Boys to Men – Is It Ok For Males To Cry?
I personally feel that at some point, a male child has to step over to the other side of crying. Controlling yourself and your emotions is part of maturing and becoming a man. Whiny crying definitely needs to cease and desist before the teenage years begin. … More
The Custody Battle: Should Mothers Automatically Be Given Custody?
When you work with teen parents, you’re overwhelmed by the stories of young mothers. There’s the quiet girl who had sex with the first guy who winked her way and with no concept of contraception, became pregnant. … More
