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LATEST ARTICLES ( 94 )

• Mother’s Guilt

  As some of you know, in addition to being a wife and mother, I am a first year law student. As of this moment, I have completed 3 exams, and will take the... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Oh Na-Na…What’s My Name?

  If you didn’t know (and now you do): I’m pregnant! Even though I’m only 17 weeks and looking like 30 weeks, I’m doing well and feeling okay. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Loc’ing It Up

  

  Little A’s came out of the womb with almost no hair at all. It wasn’t until she was almost three that her hair began to grow. Little A’s hair is soft and fine.... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• They Learned It from Watching You

  My four year old is the only black girl – hell, person – in her preschool. Last year this wasn’t the case, as her brother was there with her. But this year she... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Put on Your Dancing Shoes

  by cocoa mama contributor rlb08863/mamatitiI know that seems like an odd title given the events of the past year. We are coming fresh off the state sanctioned... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Beautiful Cocoa Babies and the First Day of Kindergarten

  On September 8, 2011, my 5 year old daughter started Kindergarten. She got on the “big girl” bus, along with her brother. She entered a new school, met new... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, PARENTING

• 11:08pm

  

  Southern trees bear a strange fruit. Blood on the leaves and blood at the root. –Billie Holiday.I wasn’t a proponent of the death penalty yesterday; I’m not... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Review of “Is Marriage For White People?”

  Writing this review is strange for me, and I’m not even sure it’s the best, practical decision for me to make. I am a student at the school at which Prof. Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Is Anybody Home?

  

  It’s been a little quiet around here. For that, I take full responsibility. Things have been brewing in my life that have taken my attention away from here. Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, PARENTING

• The Difficulties of Parenthood

  Written by CocoaMamas contributor Tracy B. The other day my oldest son asked me if it was hard being a parent. I pondered his question purposefully and I... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Children and the Safe Place

  I just watched the movie Lifted, starring a young man named Uriah Shelton and Ruben Studdard (yes the winner of American Idol). Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Spare the Rod?

  

  By CocoaMamas contributor HarlemMommy from BoobsAndBummis.Do you spank your child? How often? Which infractions merit a spanking and which ones call for a time... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Fear of A(n Evil) Stepfather

  by Carolyn EdgarMy teenage daughter often stops by my office for brief visits. During one of her recent visits, I found myself telling her about one of the... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, PARENTING

• I Am Here Now

  I was as they say raised in the church. We started going after my mother, sister and I moved to our small, upper middle class, mainly white town. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Why I’m In Education Reform

  Below is the text of a speech I gave last week to celebrate the 2011 Bay Area Graduate Fellowship cohort Education Pioneers. I was a keynote, representing my... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, PARENTING

• The Wealth Gap and Our Children

  The National Urban League is an organization that attempts to aid in raising issues that plague urban residents, most of whom are minorities. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Crunchy Like Me

  

  This past week was World Breastfeeding Week. Cool. There were events around the country (world?) on Saturday where women nursed at 10:30am. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Don’t Look Away

  

  Please don’t ignore this.While our media was covering our country’s government was playing chicken and being fear mongers over the national debt because we... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2011 CHARITY, DEBATE

• She’s Always in My Head

  

  The mommy wars are battling in my head. They sound something like this:he's not really choking her...lolI can’t believe you chose to work this summer. You hardl... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, PARENTING

• Getting Schooled … Private Versus Public

  Written by CocoaMamas contributor Tracy B. My oldest son is getting ready to go back to school. He will be starting fourth grade at a public school near our hom... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2011 DEBATE, FAMILY, PARENTING