by Tara Pringle Jefferson
Confession time: Both of my kids were “Surprise!” babies.
The first one? Well, we weren’t careful.
The second? Well, we weren’t careful enough.
“Surprise!” babies carry a special type of guilt that comes even before the baby is born. Now a new study says that moms with unplanned kids treat them differently. Great.
There’s not much that can make me feel inadequate about my mothering skills. Except for this.
Why didn’t I realize how serious motherhood was? Why didn’t I realize all the work that goes into simply keeping kids alive, let …

In today’s stressful times, a good night’s sleep is hard to come by. Issues that arise in your everyday life can take a toll on your ability to relax your mind and rest soundly. If able to get some shut-eye, problems such as snoring may wake you and have a detrimental effect on your everyday life. The issue of snoring does not only affect adults, however. More than 10% of children suffer from snoring part or most of the night while sleeping. What most people …

Since I had kids, I quit cursing (as much), started reading even more than I usually did, started eating healthier foods, and put a real emphasis on the types of people I associated with.
And these are just a fraction of the ways I’ve changed since having kids.
I’ve also:
quit speeding,
went natural,
quit consuming processed foods,
learned how to budget wisely,
became less argumentative,
began a supreme love affair with gospel music
became a huge fan of daily prayer
become much more organized
That’s a lot of change in the past three years. …

How did your fathers involvement or lack of inspire you?

BMWK family here is a question for you. How did you parent’s marriage or the fact that they weren’t married factor into to the current relationship that you find yourself in?

by Tara Pringle Jefferson
Once, my dad and I were in the car, listening to Eminem of all people. He was singing some song about his daughter, Hailey.
“He really loves that little girl,” I said to him.
“Yeah, but didn’t I read somewhere that he has a song about killing her mom?” my dad (who considered himself “hip” because he read my old issues of The Source).
“Um…yeah.”
“Well, how is that healthy then?”
“But he’s a good dad,” I insisted. (Don’t judge me – I was only 12 or 13 at the time.)
“But he’s …

If you missed the web conference here is the video.

E. Payne talks about the requirements of being a daddy.

Young black men need to know…

For those in the DC area…