Time flies. I know it's cliche to say that but it's true. When I started this blog my son had just turned three. He was such a handful that I had to write about it. Now he's seven, a handful in a much different way, and FatherDad is 4. Four years on the internet is [...]
But if I did I would probably check out "A Father's Promise" tonight on MSNBC. It sounds thought provoking and right up my alley. Of course I have to wonder out loud why I was not invited to this discussion. I think I can hold my own with Al Roker and Tiki Barber. If any [...]
"Come in the name of love." When I first heard those U2 lyrics I was very young. I knew the song was catchy, but that was about it. It would be years later that I would discover what?the song?was about, or more accurately who the song was about. It's no secret that Dr. King is [...]
OK, I saw the new KFC commercial last week for the first time. I debated over saying something, not wanting to "go there." I caught it again today and it is what it is: a dad laughing at the dinner table with his wife and two kids. A happy family by all accounts, and they [...]
Several bloggers, myself included, have been accused of overreacting to the KFC commercial (featuring a fatherless black family) that we discussed a few posts ago. I don't think that expressing concern about potentially negative images in the media is overreacting, especially since white folk, black folk, single folk, and of course all kinds of parents [...]
I'll admit that I cringe a little every time I see a black person on TV enjoying a piece of fried chicken. Of course I know that I shouldn't, but I also know that stereotypes are alive and well in this world, and new ones are be created as you read this. In addition I [...]
