With black women already fighting for our lives during pregnancy and childbirth, we now have to find the capacity to fight for our pleasure too?
News Posted in Pregnancy & Parenting
Project Teenbirth and the Importance of Unconditional Support: A Q&A With Birth Advocate Melinda Morales
Our mindset with young pregnant and parenting people has to be uplifting, strong, sincere and genuine.
Back to School (-to-Prison Pipeline)
For parents of children with emotional disabilities, sending our kids to school is a dangerous exercise in Russian roulette with the school-to-prison pipeline.
Ways to love someone through their pregnancy plan
Never shy away from asking for help, but also don’t shy away from your brilliance and ability to love a loved one through pregnancy. You’ve both got this.
For My Son When Love Is Not Enough
I was distraught and shocked that I was going to be a mother, and a Black single one at that. This was not a part of my destiny, I thought. But here I was with a sweet prince to care for.
Kelly Rowland’s New Book on First-Time Motherhood: Loads of Advice, Anxiety, and Not Much Joy
She was courageous to write a book about being freaked out by becoming a mother and the changes that come with it. But the postpartum period doesn’t have to be riddled with problems.
Black CannaParents: Teaching Children Balance In An Environment of Extremes
Enjoying cannabis daily is part of my practice of self-determination and wholeness. I am curious about where cannabis use overlaps with parenting, and what it looks like to hold both as a Black woman.
The Backlash to Beyoncé’s Pregnancy is an Example of the Attack on Black Motherhood
Black mothers, whether they’re famous or not, always seem to be under attack.
The Mommy Club: To Join, or Not to Join?
I am a planner and I always have been. That applies not just to vacations, but to my entire life—especially to building my family.
The call no parent wants to receive
As a parent, it is sad and scary to leave my child at school all day with people who don’t understand him at best, and at worst, do not like him.