LET ‘EM SLEEP
I'll proabably say this in some way shape or form in the future because I (and many scientists) really think it's important: little kids need lots of sleep! Sometimes we forget that just because a [...]
SMILE. IT DOESN’T HURT.
It's hilarious to see big, hard faced, serious-looking men just melt when a little boy smiles and waves at them. Their features immediately soften and a cheesy grin spreads across their faces. They mostly throw back a [...]
WHAT’S THE ANSWER?
Yesterday in an article in the Gotham Gazette an interesting question was posed by author Mark Berkey-Gerard: Can Fathering Be Taught? My immediate response was "of course." And I stand by that idea whole heartedly, [...]
MOTHERS DAY
Without the mother's of our children, we as True Black Dads would not exist, we simply would not be dads. So this weekend when we are showing love to our biological mothers (those of us [...]
FALLEN “STAR” FIRED FROM NYC RADIO FOR THREATENING RIVAL HOST’S KID
Yesterday the host of New York City’s number one ranked “Star and Bucwild Morning Show†on Clear Channel Radio’s Power 105.1 FM was fired. The reason for Troi Torain’s (a.k.a. Star) ouster was that he [...]
NOT ALL CHILDREN’S MUSIC IS HARMLESS
I was reading an article today in Slate about a possibly racist gay white (folk?) rock artist that thought that the notoriously racist 1946 Disney song Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Da was a “great song.â€Â Then I was reminded [...]