Depending on how you were raised or the generational set you’re claiming, fathers have specific roles in the lives of their children: Provider, Disciplinarian, Mediator, Mr. Fix-It, and even Monster-Destroyer. But the main benefit of having a full-fledged father is, … Read the rest
With Mother’s Day’s just around the corner and a year since the murder of Trayvon Martin, it didn’t surprise me to see the joys of motherhood and the perilous state of black children being weighed in the May edition of … Read the rest
Once you become a parent, you quickly realize that activities you once considered ‘routine’ feel more like a reality-show-worthy endurance contest when you put a child in the mix. Besides cooking, laundry and other unavoidable chores, the main one capable … Read the rest
Several years ago, after we’d been dating for a few months, my boyfriend Calvin and I decided that our relationship had developed enough to reach the next milestone: Meeting the Folks. The fact that we were in our thirties and … Read the rest
Raise your hand if you, like Chocolate Mama here, love watching you some Divorce Court.
It’s not because I’m a morbid person who’s zealously watching the demise of a marriage with popcorn in one hand and M&Ms in … Read the rest