The Price of Peace (Domestic)
“…Women are encyclopedias, boy! Volume A, Volume B, Volume C. Spend some time with every book and maybe one will […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
Same as it ever was (for Travon, Danroy, Cary, et ...
Two poems by Langston Hughes, seminal poet, novelist, playwright and humorist, and Sterling A. Brown, poet, professor, folklorist and essayist, […]
Embarassed for/by myself
Have you ever been embarrassed for or by your own behavior? Not embarrassed because of what others might think but […]
Brown Boy Down (for Travon)
He’s a boy doing boy things but because he’s brown his actions (walking, standing, breathing) brings a frown, consternation, confrontation, […]
Forty or four – abundance or scarcity?
A friend of mine estimates that she has forty towels and washcloths in rotation. I have six (plus a few […]
The Inoculation Effect
The Inoculation Effect happens when a child, in disadvantaged circumstances, is guided through childhood by his/her parents to particular schools, […]
More than One
One of the most important lessons we can teach our kids, particularly in their young adolescence, is the concept of more than […]
Sun Music: The Sound of the Sun
File this under “I’m so proud.” I’m very proud my husband. Check out the article written by Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, Kenneth J. Cooper […]
It’s great to be useful
The email jumped out at me. I knew the writer. She’d purchased my booklet, Pushing through Shyness and had written […]
Why am I here?
Why am I here? (Well I know that Mommy and Daddy had some fun but other than that…) What […]
Sound Reasons or Flimsy Excuses?
Your reasons are reasonable and if I didn’t know you, I’d believe them. Because I know you and I’ve known […]
From the Job Boards – 3
I look at job sites everyday both for myself and for a host of friends and acquaintances. We’ve actually gotten […]
But You Didn’t!
I could have written a better book than that. You’re right, but you didn’t. I could have made a better […]
Culture for the poor
“Culture for the poor must never be poor culture. We must have the best instruments for the poorest children, the […]
The Importance of Context
Context Until finding that first book by Langston Hughes with his photo on the jacket, I hadn’t realized that all […]
Real Questions about Sex & Relationships for Teens: A Discussion ...
Real Questions about Sex and Relationships for Teens: A Discussion Guide for Parents By Candelaria Silva-Collins, copyright 2012 Images […]
The Siblings – Evil and Good
Evil and Good are siblings that walk together always. Once they were conjoined in harmony. They separated for various reasons explained […]
Secrets and Lies
My mother once shared the following line that she overheard a man saying to his girlfriend, “I ain’t lyin’ I […]