The news had not been posted for two hours before the brouhaha began on Facebook. Yesterday, myself and two of my comrades in the movement to shift breastfeeding culture in the black community, officially announced August 25-31st—the last week of National Breastfeeding Awareness Month—as Black Breastfeeding Week. About two weeks ago, I wrote a piece [...]

As a parent, there are several things that make us cringe, and the word “entitled” is one of the big ones.  It not only means our children think they are owed something, but most of the time they think we  are the ones from whom it is owed.  How are we to teach them the value [...]

Grieving the loss of your child can be compounded by other peoples views or insensitivities.  Tamisha, a legal secretary from Long Beach, California, had a normal pregnancy.  However, there was a malformation that wasn’t detected on the ultrasound.  Her baby died four hours after birth. Doctors and nurses avoided her, ignored her questions or gave [...]