Is This Flu Season More Dangerous?
The flu has been spreading fiercely across the United States, with more than half of states reporting widespread activity. The season has started earlier, and…
Parenting
Top 5 Tips For Finding A Good Babysitter
Attention parents! Having trouble finding a great babysitter to watch your child? Finding a babysitter is important and can be easier than you think. Check…
How To Talk To Children About Gun Violence
Today we are seeing far too many tragedies unfold, many of them involving children. Parents and teachers are faced with the challenge of discussing tragic…
5 Steps To A Healthier Family
Media portrayals of families tend to show them either highly dysfunctional or unrealistically perfect. Of course, neither is generally accurate in terms of showing normal,…
5 Things You Don’t Know About Calories
Calories have a bad reputation when it comes to weight loss. But, calories are actually an important source of fuel that your body can’t live…
Don’t Feed Your Kid That!
With the kids home from school for at least a few more weeks, we know you were probably lax with their general healthy eating rules.…
Oh Yes She Did! Single Moms Raising Boys To Be Men
A couple of months ago, I wrote an article entitled, If I Had A Daughter, Would I Teach Her To Think Like A Man? in…
Permissive Parenting: Harmful Or Harmless?
Recent news of Willow Smith getting her tongue pierced has the pop culture buzzing about the appropriateness of particular actions in children, as well as how…
Mental Health Care Disparities Persist For Black Children
Disparities in the use of mental health services, including outpatient care and psychotropic drug prescriptions, persist for black and Latino children, reports a new study…
Study: Moderate Drinking During Pregnancy May Be Okay
One of the cardinal rules for expectant moms: don’t drink during pregnancy. But a new study out of Denmark is throwing that maxim into doubt.…
ADHD Drugs Being Prescribed More, Antibiotics Less
The number of children who received prescriptions for drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increased over an eight-year period while the number…
The Elephant In The Room: Why Black Folks Need to Talk About Sex Abuse
Now that the Jerry Sandusky case for child abuse is underway, it is critical that families engage in a discussion about sexual abuse and increased…
Fun Activities To Do With Your Dad
Father’s Day is a celebration. No, men don’t deserve a special award for fathering their children, but they do deserve to be shown appreciation for…
Tamera Mowry Is Having A Boy
Tamera Mowry just revealed that she is having a baby boy! The mommy-to-be told PEOPLE that she has already begun preparing for her new role by “practicing”…
Things My Dad Taught Me….
Father. Dad. Daddy. Papa. Pop. There are many different words we use to define one of the most important men in our lives. More than…
Mom’s Favorite Natural Remedies
Regardless of culture, anyone who’s ever had a cold, a fever, a pain, etc., has been subjected to the rigors of their mother’s natural remedies,…
