black parenting
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#BlackGirlFeminism: Being Intentional About Raising Black Feminist Daughters
Mother’s Day is a triggering day for many women, but there is also joy and community and love. This is especially true for those of us black women who have to navigate not only interpersonal relationships with our children but also our relationship to the state. It is a terrifying task trying to raise aware,…
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‘I Brought You in This World and I’ll Take You Out’: How Black Folks’ Obsession With Whupping Is Killing Us
Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won’t Save Black America is one of those necessary African-American reads, like Between the World and Me; I’m Judging You; and Coldest Winter Ever. It’s not just for dinnertime conversation or deep professional panels, it’s for everyone. Spare the Kids, written by Stacey Patton, Ph.D., professor of journalism at Morgan…
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Kidz Bop Is the Best Hustle Ever
For a vast many people who haven’t put birth control to the test (and failed), Kidz Bop isn’t a thing. If you don’t have children, there’s literally zero reason to know of its existence. But for a lot of us with kids old enough to comprehend, process and regurgitate what they hear, the music struggle…
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Raising a Child in the Era of the Obamas, the Currys and (the New) Cosby
I come from a broken home. My parents were married for a time, but memories of my father in the house are few and far between because his military career often required him to be stationed out of state. I was about 8 when my mother filed for divorce, and as far as I was…