By Team BLAM One of our favorite books is “The Five Love Languages Of Children”. While we haven’t read it from beginning to end we have learned a lot about the way that children perceive the world, their parents, and the love that is shown (or not shown) to them. If someone were to ask […]
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By Lori Radun When my older son was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, my first reaction was relief – I finally knew the reason for his behavior. However, I was also overwhelmed with sadness, fear and anger. I felt sorry for my son and for myself. Like many others in similar circumstances, my question […]
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Former female boxing champ, fitness expert, and mother, Laila Ali, daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, made an appearance on “NBC Today” recently and shared what women can do to shed the baby weight after bringing their new bundle of joy into the world. It’s no secret that losing weight is often an up hill […]
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By James Druman Parenting is the most important leadership role the average person will take in their lifetime, but how many parents take it seriously? Many parents in modern-day America see themselves as playing more of a caretaker role than a leadership role, but being a great mother or father is much more than putting […]
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By Hillary Spirer Leeder We all want our children to grow up to be resilient, independent individuals, able to confront challenging situations and difficult people. But where do we draw the line between leaving a child to fend for him or herself, occasionally with some guidance, and sheltering the child under a parental wing? Recently […]
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From YourBlackWorld.com You have to feel bad for this mother, who not only lost her child, but knows that she’s the reason that the baby is gone. Yea, she did kill him, but there is a difference between an accident and deliberate neglect. As Dr. Boyce points out, we have to be careful about how […]
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By Lana Moline I am always incredibly torn when my children leave to visit their grandparents during the summer. I have no doubt that they will be well cared for and that they will have a great time. The truth is, I miss them like crazy. When they were little, the sleepless nights were brutal […]
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Twin sisters Tia and Tamera Mowry sat down with “Access Hollywood” recently and discussed pregnancy and motherhood. Tamara talked about her weird cravings during the course of her pregnancy and also revealed that she and her husband Adam Housley are expecting a boy. During the course of their interview they kept making this borderline annoying noise […]
In a new web series, which she hopes other families will participate in, Jada Pinkett Smith sat down with her daughter Willow and mother Adrienne Banfield Jones for a very emotional and open conversation about family, failing as a mother, Willow regretting fame and more (no topic was off limits). Just in time for Mother’s Day, Jada hopes other families across the country will sit […]
By Neysa Ellery Taylor I’m not a stepmom. I consider stepmoms to be women who married a man knowing that he had children from a previous relationship. That term doesn’t define me or my situation. My husband did not have kids with another woman before we were married. My husband had a set of twins […]
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Do You Practice A “No Matter What” Kind Of Love With Your Children?
/in Fatherhood, motherhood, Parenting/byBy Team BLAM One of our favorite books is “The Five Love Languages Of Children”. While we haven’t read it from beginning to end we have learned a lot about the way that children perceive the world, their parents, and the love that is shown (or not shown) to them. If someone were to ask […]
How Gratitude Can Help Us In Our Everyday Lives As Moms
/in Inspiration, Living With Intention, motherhood, Parenting/byBy Lori Radun When my older son was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, my first reaction was relief – I finally knew the reason for his behavior. However, I was also overwhelmed with sadness, fear and anger. I felt sorry for my son and for myself. Like many others in similar circumstances, my question […]
Laila Ali Shares 5 Tips To Help Tackle Baby Weight
/in Healthy Home, motherhood/byFormer female boxing champ, fitness expert, and mother, Laila Ali, daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, made an appearance on “NBC Today” recently and shared what women can do to shed the baby weight after bringing their new bundle of joy into the world. It’s no secret that losing weight is often an up hill […]
Are You Raising Or Ruling Your Children?
/in Fatherhood, motherhood, Parenting/byBy James Druman Parenting is the most important leadership role the average person will take in their lifetime, but how many parents take it seriously? Many parents in modern-day America see themselves as playing more of a caretaker role than a leadership role, but being a great mother or father is much more than putting […]
Protecting & Preparing Our Children: Where Do We Draw The Line Between Allowing A Child To Experience Difficult Situations And Excessive Hurt?
/in Fatherhood, motherhood, Parenting/byBy Hillary Spirer Leeder We all want our children to grow up to be resilient, independent individuals, able to confront challenging situations and difficult people. But where do we draw the line between leaving a child to fend for him or herself, occasionally with some guidance, and sheltering the child under a parental wing? Recently […]
Mother Weeps After Beating Her Son To Death For Wetting Himself
/in motherhood, Parenting/byFrom YourBlackWorld.com You have to feel bad for this mother, who not only lost her child, but knows that she’s the reason that the baby is gone. Yea, she did kill him, but there is a difference between an accident and deliberate neglect. As Dr. Boyce points out, we have to be careful about how […]
Rest And The Mom-cation
/in Black Women, motherhood, Parenting/byBy Lana Moline I am always incredibly torn when my children leave to visit their grandparents during the summer. I have no doubt that they will be well cared for and that they will have a great time. The truth is, I miss them like crazy. When they were little, the sleepless nights were brutal […]
Tia & Tamera Talk Pregnancy & Motherhood
/in motherhood, Parenting/byTwin sisters Tia and Tamera Mowry sat down with “Access Hollywood” recently and discussed pregnancy and motherhood. Tamara talked about her weird cravings during the course of her pregnancy and also revealed that she and her husband Adam Housley are expecting a boy. During the course of their interview they kept making this borderline annoying noise […]
Red Table Talks: Jada, Willow, And Mom
/in A Woman's Point Of View, motherhood/byIn a new web series, which she hopes other families will participate in, Jada Pinkett Smith sat down with her daughter Willow and mother Adrienne Banfield Jones for a very emotional and open conversation about family, failing as a mother, Willow regretting fame and more (no topic was off limits). Just in time for Mother’s Day, Jada hopes other families across the country will sit […]
I’m NOT A Stepmom
/in motherhood, Parenting/byBy Neysa Ellery Taylor I’m not a stepmom. I consider stepmoms to be women who married a man knowing that he had children from a previous relationship. That term doesn’t define me or my situation. My husband did not have kids with another woman before we were married. My husband had a set of twins […]