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Is Parenthood All It’s Cracked Up To Be?

July 22, 2010
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by Tara Pringle Jefferson I am in the midst of the Terrible 2′s and Even-Worse 3′s so I might not be the best person to ask. But the interwebs are abuzz with the answer to that question. The recent New York magazine article, “All Joy and No Fun: Why Parents Hate Parenting,” is getting tons of attention, [...]

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Black Marriage Movie and Discussion Comes To Chicago This Week and Houston Next Week

July 21, 2010
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ICE Theaters Chicago, IL 7/22 Chicago get ready! You Saved Me comes to the ICE Theaters on Thursday, July 22nd for a screening followed by a discussion on the state of black relationships featuring couples from your community. You’ve never seen an event like this! For tickets go to: http://yousavedmechicago.eventbrite.com/ Fountain of Praise Houston, TX [...]

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Are You Worth the Wait?

July 21, 2010
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by Delano Squires I had the privilege of participating in a relationship forum last year at an all girls college in Washington, D.C. The discussion was lively, with over 50 students and a panel of five men who were asked to bring a male perspective to questions on love, sex, and relationships.  One young lady [...]

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Too Nit-Picky

July 21, 2010
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by Tiya Cunningham-Sumter “Your hands are too ashy” “Your lips are chapped” “Are you really going to wear that?” “Can’t you dress up a little bit more?” These are all the things I have recently heard other wives complain about in regards to their men. In church the other day, I heard the couple behind [...]

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Surrender or Submitting: To Commit To The Consideration Or Judgment Of Another…

July 20, 2010
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By Marcus Whyte23 “I” or “Me” thinking is what we as individuals bring to our relationship. It is our independent selfish way of thinking. We are not stating that it is a bad way of thinking, works ok for single life but can bring ‘issues’ to a two person relationship. We transition from “I” to [...]

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justStepdad: The Dad Who Gets To Choose

July 20, 2010
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By Eric Payne Portions of this post originally appeared at MakesMeWannaHoller.com. “Children who live absent their biological fathers are, on average, at least two to three times more likely to be poor, to use drugs, to experience educational, health, emotional and behavioral problems, to be victims of child abuse, and to engage in criminal behavior [...]

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Marriage Counseling…for One?

July 19, 2010
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by Tara Pringle Jefferson I consider my marriage a strong one. We generally get along, we love each other, we rarely argue, we go on dates when we can. 80% of the time, we’re like Will and Jada (or Lamar and Ronnie…LOL!). But then there are the weeks where he’s working late, our sex life [...]

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On In-Laws: Chew the Meat, Spit the Bones Out

July 19, 2010
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by Harriet Hairston My marriage hasn’t been a crystal stair, y’all.  It’s been full of heartache, stress, poor decisions and frustration.  Yet through it all, the love Mr. Incredible and I share still overcomes all those challenges and evaporates the manure we get ourselves into.  We manage to always come out smelling like roses (thank [...]

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Money Monday: Mama Knows Best – The Childhood Money Advice We Should Be Listening to as Adults

July 19, 2010
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by Dr. Charles Alonzo Peters It never ceases to amaze me. Despite how grown up you think you are, you’ll never be as smart or as wise as your parents. As an adult, I’m only now beginning to fully appreciate the lessons they tried to teach me. The phrases and sayings that made me roll [...]

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Do You Have a Disposable Marriage?

July 15, 2010
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Mo’Nique caught a lot of flack for saying that if her husband cheated, it wasn’t a dealbreaker. Well, let me not put words in the woman’s mouth – here’s a quote from a 2007 New York Times interview: “‘We have an agreement that we’ll always be honest,” Mo’Nique said of the year-old marriage. ”And if sex happens with [...]

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Black Women, It’s the Attitude

July 15, 2010
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by Tiya Cunningham-Sumter My day time job consists of working with an underserved population; young, single moms and individuals with criminal backgrounds.  The responsibilities of my job include coaching, job readiness training, resume writing and interviewing techniques. What I’ve learned in preparing people to re-enter or initially enter the workforce is that, it’s not so [...]

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