What I love most about reading is that books were always a place I could get lost in to help me navigate whatever I was going through in my life at the time. As a young girl, I would often read so that I would know that the struggles or issues that I was dealing…
What I love most about reading is that books were always a place I could get lost in to help me navigate whatever I was going through in my life at the time. As a young girl, I would often read so that I would know that the struggles or issues that I was dealing…
29 Nostalgic Movies To Show The Kiddos On A Halloween Themed Family Movie Night
October 17, 2021 in Brown at The Movies
There’s no secret that I have a love of horror movies, but as a parent, I can’t really justify allowing my toddler or even teenager to watch Maniac Cop or Slumber Party Massacre, even if I saw them when I was 8 years old! Times are different, and while my parents were totally comfortable allowing…
Michael Myers has become synonymous with Halloween and is undeniably the king of the slasher film era. The 1978 John Carpenter film Halloween is a horror classic even if some of the subsequent films in the franchise give many of us a pause (side-eyes Halloween III: Season of the Witch). If you have never seen…
Why I’m Continuing to Raise My Son to Be Amazing & Without Fear, Despite the Target on His Back
August 14, 2021 in Lifestyle
Let me preface this by saying that I know there are plenty of moms like me who want to raise boys who are caring, sensitive and basically not total douchebags (for lack of a better word choice). As the mother of a black son, I feel there are extra challenges in place that will make…
Having friends, true friends can be a wonderful feeling. The bond that you create can often last a lifetime. These are the people who are there for you through the good times and the bad. They are the shoulder to cry on when you need it. And if you’ve ever had one of those nights,…
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”-Maya Angelou We all have struggled with some sort of insecurity at one time or another in our lives. While building confidence is something that many of us have had to…
Guest post by Christopher Brown As parents, it is our job to ensure that our children learn everything they need from us in order to become functioning adults. However, for parents of boys, we often find ourselves teaching them lessons that we find important, but won’t help them be the men they need to be.…
We found out today that our 6-year-old needs glasses. After years of conflicting information as to whether or not her vision was okay (the pediatrician and eye doctor said it was, the school and third party facility said it was not), we finally had an ophthalmologist confirm in fact, there was something wrong. For me,…
Childhood is tough. You can have the happiest child in the world and they will still encounter various issues early on while in school. Dealing with these issues are lessons we all have to learn and it takes time. So how do you calm a child who is upset, hurting and needs reassurance now? As…
Naptime and bedtime are simultaneously the best and worst parts of the day around here. The best part: they are sleep and I get a break. The worst: getting them to actually go to sleep. Now that summer is over for us, and school is starting in just a few days, we have been working…
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