Zu., a South African recording artist, poses for a beach photo. (Photo Credit: Zu.) It is the last day of May, and for many families in the United States that simply means a return to work after the Memorial Day holiday. But globally, the day has a much greater significance as the last day of …
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My son, Donovan, thoroughly enjoyed swinging from a zip line repeatedly at a friend’s birthday party on April 15 in Atlanta. | Contributed photo I had the honor of attending one of the coolest birthday parties I’ve ever been to for a young child earlier this month. It was held in the backyard of a …
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My biggest fear as a parent is that something will happen to my son that he can’t recover from. I think about who he would become if he were convicted of a crime he didn’t commit, if my husband or I died unexpectedly or if he were ever harmed as a result of racial profiling. My worries are just as endless as my desire to protect him, whether I’m alive or dead. I wrote this for my son.
My daughter, Suni, enjoys a cupcake at a friend’s birthday party. | LAUREN / info@honeycombmoms.com When I wrote on Monday about trying to positively reinforce certain behaviors of my oldest child, I promise I thought it would take a whole week before I had an update. But here we are two days later and I’ve …
My son, Donovan, allows for a quick photoshoot before basketball on Feb. 25, 2023. | LAUREN/ info@honeycombmoms.com It was a four-week parent academy on positive behavioral supports that met once a week for two hours. And after completing the class last Thursday, I can honestly say it should be a requirement before every child’s first …
My mother and I planned my daughter’s first birthday party in five days. Here’s how we did it, music in the park style.
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T.I. is one of those rappers I really want to root for, but then he keeps talking. The father and husband who often takes to Instagram to advocate for Black people who have been disenfranchised is often the same man making light of cheating and publicly being disrespectful to his wife. Well, he took it …
I woke up before 6 a.m. yesterday, put on two layers of hot fabric for my Little Bo Peep costume and loaded my car with my 1-year-old son Donovan’s Halloween costume. I was so proud of myself because I had remembered everything. I packed his plush pumpkin bucket, giraffe costume, lunch for me and beans …