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Parenting

Does The Workplace Support Fathers?

July 28, 2008

A while back when TheMom was pregnant I wrote about how jobs have no love for dads because a lot of them don’t offer any type of leave when you have a child (other than burning your vacation), they only do that for women. Well I was reading a book about fatherhood and it covered [...]

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Disney’s Black Princess – Maddy, I Mean Tiana?

July 22, 2008

Disney is trying to slip out of some deep doo-doo at the moment. A few months back they were happy to announce the creation of their first black princess but… since then they’ve been trying to back track to take out any references in the film that may seem racist or offensive. Like… her name [...]

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Guest Post: 5 Year Old Girls ‘Kiss Girls’… and Like It!

July 18, 2008

I saw this over on BlogItTeems. For the new folks Teems has been featured on the site before here and here. Check out her guest post and show her some love by checking out her blog when you’re done here. So I am in the laundry mat the other day and these little girls (no [...]

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Generational Ties

July 14, 2008

As many of you know me and TheMom live in the DC Urea (spelled like that on purpose). Starting this past weekend the city became host to the AKA Centennial Celebration (congratulations if any of you are reading) and that got me to thinking. There are a lot of sorors that are daughters and granddaughters [...]

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Parenting 102: Your Parents Will Embarrass You

July 10, 2008

After Rev. Jesse Jackson stuck his foot in his mouth, talking smack about Barack Obama (click here for the video if you’ve been under a rock) his son Rep. Jesse L Jackson Jr. released this: “I’m deeply outraged and disappointed in Reverend Jackson’s reckless statements about Senator Barack Obama. His divisive and demeaning comments about [...]

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Parenting 101: Your Kids Will Embarrass You

July 3, 2008

This is a few months old but apparently rapper T.I. was at Eddie Long’s church in Atlanta, now watch somebody’s daughter get way too excited to be pulling this at a church function.

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Kids Are Crazy – Baltimore Boys Try To Drive Home

July 2, 2008

Another entry to our ongoing Kids Are Crazy Series. Check out these two young cats from Baltimore that are wrong on soooo many levels. They try to ride from the DC area to Baltimore but there’s only one problem. They are on the beltway in a Golf Cart. They got pulled over by police then [...]

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Would You Take a Pay Cut To Spend More Time At Home?

June 30, 2008

With more people commuting further to work, especially in major metropolitan areas parents are spending less and less time with their kids in the evenings. I know I personally wish I was able to get more time in with the kids before they went to bed. A few days ago I ran across a study [...]

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Take The Time To Be A Dad – A BMWK PSA

June 21, 2008

More than 79% of Americans feel “the most significant family or social problem facing America is the physical absence of the father from the home.” Research shows that the lack of a father in the home correlates closely with crime, educational and emotional problems, teenage pregnancy, and drug and alcohol abuse. DID YOU KNOW: An [...]

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Memphis Woman Fights Kid – What?

June 20, 2008

In news that makes you shake your head a Memphis woman (my bad rawdawg) encourages her son to fight another kid and once he starts to get the beatdown she jumps in to “show him how it’s done”. I must warn you pure foolishness follows this link… Click here for news story… BMWK, is this [...]

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Reminder: Black and Married With Kids Father’s Day Shout-Outs!

June 11, 2008

We’re doing Father’s Day Shout-Outs for that special guy that’s holding it down for you and your family. It can be your husband, boyfriend, father, brother, uncle, cousin, coworker, whoever. If you know a guy that’s doing what he needs to do for his kids (or someone else’s) send his name to: dads@blackandmarriedwithkids.com and we’ll [...]

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