6 comments Breakfast for Dinner
It was a surprise, a treat, and a strategy although as a kid at the time, I felt it was […]
Parenting
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2 comments Keep your eyes on the prize: finish the degree!
Dear Daughter, You have delivered them to college (Morehouse and North Carolina A&T). What you’ve been grooming them for truly […]
How to stick to a job
Recently, I’ve had conversations with and about four youngish adults (all in their early thirties) and one fortyish adult who […]
How could you not know it was a bad idea? ...
Tide came up with the concept of detergent pods (single-dose laundry detergent). In its design and original packaging the detergent […]
The Sweetest Spot of Parenting
When your children are young, between the ages of birth – 12 or so, you are in the sweetest spot […]
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, […]
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 […]
2 comments So my son is dating a white woman
So my son is dating a white girl woman. My son is dating a specific woman. I’m okay with this… […]
Can’t find the appropriate Father’s Day Card…
I am in the store buying father’s day cards – one for my step-dad, one for my husband, one for […]
Thank you on Mother’s Day – a message to my ...
On Mother’s Day I must say thank you: Thank you to my daughter, my first born, who made me a […]
Giving back (a post from Well,Then)
Well,Then is the online community of Harvard Pilgrim. In video blogs and blog posts people share ideas and experiences under the following […]
Happy Mother’s Day to my children
Happy Mother’s Day, Amber & Cy. Without you, there would be no Mother’s Day for me.You are the biggest accomplishments […]
I Wish Nothing but the Best for You
(A message for teens and young adult children) I’m your mother, your aunty, your teacher, your friend.I wish nothing but […]