The Family That Sues Together . . .

Dexter King (on the left) and the estate of Martin Luther King, Jr. have been sued by Martin Luther King III (far right) and Bernice King (one of the two in the middle) and the estate of Coretta Scott King. The two older siblings, Bernice and Martin III, sued to have a look at [...]

Being Mama Daily: America’s Milk

You may be surprised to learn that most of the human beings that live on planet Earth today do not drink or use cow’s milk.

Further, most of them can’t drink milk because it makes them ill. There are students of human nutrition who are not supportive of milk use for adults. Here is a quotation [...]

Are You Turning Your Child Into a Wimp?

“Are American parents smothering their children? Hara Estroff Marano, an editor-at-large at Psychology Today magazine and the grandmother of three small children, is convinced that they are. In her provocative new book, A Nation of Wimps: The High Cost of Invasive Parenting (Broadway), she writes, “Behold the wholly sanitized childhood, without skinned knees or the [...]

When Parenting Goes Wrong

In Tarboro, North Carolina (not far from where Maceo grew up), the two red necks above will be charged with murder and felony charges for the death of their teenage son. They tied the 13-year-old to a tree as punishment for being disobedient. Although he was forced to sleep while tied to the [...]

Obama Reads TSO!!!

On Father’s day, Obama went to the other mega church on the southside of Chicago, Apostolic Church of God to deliver a speech denouncing absent father’s.  Obama told the crowd what we already know on the TSO–that fathers should be active in the child’s life and being a strong pillar for the family. Obama, whose [...]

The Root: “Finding Fathers”

By Keith Reed
“The illpart was that I’d never considered how my own father’s absence affected me. I had a mother and a crew of aunts and uncles who raised me, and I was cool with that. It was just a fact of life that the man wasn’t around. Not a positive, not a negative.
“Repeating a [...]

How Heterosexuality Works (The Book of Rhymes Edition)

In the last 2 years, a whole bunch of my (J) homies have had children.  There’s been an explosion of birth in the crew.  A few of the homies have told me that they are pissed off because their wife is giving the baby (or babies) all of her attention.  Less food.  Less sex.  Less intimacy.  Some of the homies [...]

What Age To Start Your Kids In Kindergarten

Lil’ Ike, watching over his lil’ bro, Sean, pictured. Daddy’s two brave bulls.
Hat tip: It’s Your Boy! Mitt Romney!
Ike and Sean’s Mama and me have been pleasantly debating whether to start Ike, whose bday is in mid-October, in Kindergarten at age 4 or 5. I (J) started kindergarten at 4 and always [...]

Congrats to Big Wayne

Congrats to Big Wayne and Mrs. Big Wayne on the expectant birth of a little baby, due August 26, 2008. (Let’s hope the baby doesn’t look like Daddy.)

Deadbeat Dads - The Lowest Form Of Life On Earth

How all these black men abandon their children is beyond me (J). If I could change one thing in this world, it would be this.