Parenting Today's African American Children

Tag: single moms

  • Dodging Raindrops : A Return to Joy

    Dodging Raindrops : A Return to Joy

    It’s been too long since I’ve written on the blog. I have had a whilrwind of a year and different but similar challenges with my kids but I am recommitted to sharing my journey, support, knowledge, mistakes and resources with parents and anyone willing to join me here. I hope you leave feeling more encouraged…

  • Presenting Little Love Stories; Vol 2. & Happy Hour Friday, September 8th!

    Presenting Little Love Stories; Vol 2. & Happy Hour Friday, September 8th!

    Presenting Little Love Stories; Vol 2. & Happy Hour Friday, September 8th! Come out, support the artists and get some love!

  • Teachable Moments; 6 things I wish I knew before my daughter’s brain injury

    One day my nine year old was walking, reading Harry Potter novels repeatedly, running after her friends and swimming like a fish and it all ceased within the seconds that passed when she slipped on wet leaves, fell forward onto a wooden beam on the ground and injured her head.

  • Unschooling: Month #2 The Unravelling

    It’s been about a month and a half since I withdrew my eight year old daughter (now nine) from public school and it’s been a roller-coaster of emotions and expectations for both of us. I am so grateful to the homeschooling community for being supportive of my decision and directing me to informative blogs and sites such…

  • Walking Away: My Unschooling Journey

    Walking Away: My Unschooling Journey

    Today would be the last day I walked my eight year old daughter to her school and walked away. I live directly across the street from her elementary school, the same school my son, now thirteen, attended when he was just six years old. As I walked away today, it occurred to me that not…

  • 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…

  • Who are you trusting with their brain?

    My children started school today, and all around the country there are parents buying school supplies, new clothes, bookbags and countless electronic devices in order to prepare their children for the new school year. We spend so much time and money getting the “things” we need, but what is just as important for me is…

  • 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…

  • Why this Independent Mother doesn’t want a card on Father’s Day

    I believe that fathers have a place in our community and our families that no one else can fill. When they are absent, the absence is felt deeply by the entire family and especially the children and if try to assume that role then I am not allowing the children the dignity of accepting their…