4 Questions You Want to Ask A Black Stay-at-Home Mom

4 Questions You Want to Ask A Black Stay-at-Home Mom

July 23rd, 2015

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Black stay at home moms get asked all kinds of strange questions, but it kinda comes with the territory. When I tell people that I’m a SAHM, the responses I get are unusual. From asking me why I’d want to be around my kids all the time, to telling me I’d do well in a…
4 Questions You Want to Ask A Black Stay-at-Home Mom

July 23rd, 2015

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Black stay at home moms get asked all kinds of strange questions, but it kinda comes with the territory. When I tell people that I’m a SAHM, the responses I get are unusual. From asking me why I’d want to be around my kids all the time, to telling me I’d do well in a…
4 Way to Make Your Kids An Asset To Your Business

July 14th, 2015

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Being a mompreneur is not easy; especially, if you homeschool your children. Getting my sons involved in the day-to-day running of my business is one of my goals for this coming school year. While I’m sure it will not be easy, I’m determined to make every person in our family an asset to our family…
4 Way to Make Your Kids An Asset To Your Business

July 14th, 2015

Mama Motivation | Top

Being a mompreneur is not easy; especially, if you homeschool your children. Getting my sons involved in the day-to-day running of my business is one of my goals for this coming school year. While I’m sure it will not be easy, I’m determined to make every person in our family an asset to our family…
New Study: Some Black Moms Opt Out of Large Families

May 27th, 2015

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A new report released Thursday by the Pew Research Center says that black and Hispanic mothers, ages 40 to 44, are especially likely to have larger families. Pew’s study, which focuses on the increasing number of educated women opting for motherhood, said the decline in share of moms with four or more kids has dropped…
Easy Eating: Grilled Cheese Sandwich & Soup

January 11th, 2015

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Saturday is a day to relax. So around 4 pm when your tummy starts to rumble and the kids begin to say those two magic words, “I’m hungry,” us brown mamas have no desire to pull out the spices, heat up the oven or boil any water. But, thanks to the god’s of the deli…
Are Your Children’s Mistakes Becoming Your Baggage?

November 11th, 2014

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4 Good Manners that Black Children Rock At!

October 10th, 2014

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Here are a few of the good manners my mom taught me. Sit up straight? Get your hands out of your mouth? If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say nothin’ at all. While the headlines will have us brown mamas thinking that Black kids are a mess, and none of our babies…
Just Say NO! 4 Strategies to Teach Your Kid to Embrace the N-Word

July 14th, 2014

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After watching the 20-minute “listen, Linda” conversation between a 3-year-old kid and his mom, I decided to write this. I know it was comical and judging from his comfort with getting “pow-pows,” his mom might not be having that on a daily basis. But, it did get me thinking about how hard it is getting…
#GoodMama Monica Makes Spa Business a Family Affair

July 10th, 2014

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Let me just tell you mamas, if nothing else this spa is beautiful. I used to frequent the building at 355 Fifth Avenue as my son’s barbershop was in the building. So, I frequently walked pass this space. What Mrs. Monica Smith was able to do with this space (that happens to be huge) is…