Parenting Today's African American Children

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  • Compassion fatigue ; even Superman takes a break from saving the world!

    I love being a mom, and as difficult as it is parenting solo, I would not trade it for anything!…. However I truly believe that the only way that I can be a so called “great mom” and serve my family, friends and my clients with the care and attention that they deserve is to…

  • Yes Black Girl, You Can Get Head Lice!

    Originally posted on Toni's Room: I am writing this to inform not just parents of African-American children, but also School nurses and all those who have spread the myth that it is impossible for African-American hair to become infested with head lice or that black girls cannot get head lice from their non-black friends. I…

  • Yes Black Girl, You Can Get Head Lice! The Finale

    Originally posted on Toni's Room: ? Success! Here we are a month later and still no return of the yucky head lice or nits (eggs) so I thought it would be helpful to parents like me, who are virgins to this experience, to follow-up my first blog post on March 2nd http://tonitalove.com/2014/03/02/yes-black-girl-you-can-get-head-lice/ about how to eradicate head…

  • Empowerment B.O.O.T. Camp For Girls – FOX 29 News Philadelphia | WTXF-TV

    Empowerment B.O.O.T. Camp For Girls – FOX 29 News Philadelphia | WTXF-TV.

  • Watch “Behind The Max Trailer (Max does the NAE NAE)” on YouTube

    Behind The Max Trailer (Max does the NAE NAE): http://youtu.be/Ak2c4lo26ec

  • SaveBlackBoys.org

    We all need to save our boys; they too are America’s promise. They too hold the key to making this a great nation. Each time we lose one, we lose ourselves because we all are one. We need to save them from being racially profiled, save their minds, save their souls, save their self-esteem, save…

  • The Kids To Do List this Summer–Daddy Style 07/19 by RikkiRJones | Self Help Podcasts

    Great information to help Dads with ideas for managing kids activities during the summer, hosted by Rikki Jones and facilitated by Joel Austin, President of Daddy Univercity, Inc. http://www.daddyuniv.com H&F continues the series: The Kids To Do List this Summer–Daddy Style 07/19 by RikkiRJones | Self Help Podcasts.

  • Taming the Procrastination Beast

    Originally posted on Your Rainforest Mind: Smart people procrastinate. Really? What do smart people have to procrastinate about? Can’t they just get things done with ease and aplomb? Oh, brother. (Now I realize that you may not be a procrastinator. And if you aren’t, that doesn’t mean that you aren’t a smart person. I’m just…

  • Make Summer Learning Fun

    It’s difficult to achieve the correct balance between fun and learning during the school year since there is so little time, so I am always searching for ways to incorporate both during the summer months. Rare is the child who actually wants to learn during the summer

  • Apps Parents Should Know About

    Every day you see a news blur about an abducted child, or missing/exploited teenager and I believe it is much more prevalent today with Apps that not only allow unidentified strangers to contact our children but also track them by GPS and lure them into their adult world.