Parenting

Last week little black and brown girls (and their mommies) rejoiced everywhere when Disney announced  19-year old, singer and actress Halle Bailey(one half of the twin sister due Chloe X Halle) [...]

Nine years ago when I had my son D2, I had no concept of paid family leave. While I knew I would take three months off, I just assumed I’d make my regular pay check. How little I knew. I [...]

Unless you’ve been on a total social media blackout, you probably noticed a very pregnant Serena Williams is Vanity Fair’s featured cover subject. The photo is gorgeously shot by the famed [...]

Nine years ago when I had my son D2, I had no concept of paid family leave. While I knew I would take three months off, I just assumed I’d make my regular pay check. How little I knew. I [...]

I’m probably about to forever ruin my son’s chances of ever again being invited to birthday parties for writing this post, but I need to get something off my chest. I have a love/hate [...]

Where are Our Girls? It’s been almost a month since nearly 300 Nigerian school girls were kidnapped by the radical militia group Boko Haram. Their crime? Going to school and daring to dream [...]

Last month, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, who stepped into the spotlight last year with her bestselling book Lean In , launched her latest mission. In partnership with the Girls Scouts of [...]

It was a play date that started out pretty much like all play dates.  D2 and his pre-school classmate Meena were playing in the tee pee in his room. Meena’s mom and I were chilling out in [...]

I never thought I was going to be that parent.  You know the parent I’m talking about. The parent who tells everyone for the thousandth time that their child has allergies and can’t [...]

Well, it’s been a few weeks since my last post.  I have to admit that this year it’s been a bit hard to find my groove on the blogging front after a tough 2012 but I’m clawing [...]