I think our children learn far more from what they see than they will ever learn from what we tell them. You can express—until you turn blue in the face—how important it is to be in a relationship that’s loving, supportive and mutually respectful, but if you are not modeling that message, it can be lost on your child. If you are a single parent who just hasn’t found the … [Read more...]
What Relationship Messages Are We Sending Our Children?
By Tiya Cunningham-Sumter My friend asked the question "are single mothers raising their daughters to be single?" She said that question was brought up in the beauty shop (you know we talk about any and everything at the shop). She surprisingly had to admit that she thought she just might be, but not intentionally of course. My friend recalled walking around her house being … [Read more...]
I Always Feel Like Someone Is Watching Me!
By Marcus Whyte23 On August 29, of this year (2010), my queen and I will be married for twenty three years. As I look back on that day, I smile as I remember how my queen laughed as she told me that she could tell how nervous I was by the way I repeated my vows. She said as I spoke my vows my tone became louder and louder, this is how she came to the conclusion … [Read more...]