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Georgia
NB Commentary:
I am sharing this piece for the information that it contains. All too often we tend to use rhetoric, stereotypes and innuendos when talking about our African brothers and sisters in the Homeland. Many of us have been conditioned to see and believe that African peoples are and have been primitive with no real social order, familial structure, civilization, rules or customs. Those of us who have traveled there come to see a different wo
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Chicago-Midwest

Teaching Millennial Young Women…OMG

I have been absent from this blog for the last month. Hard to believe, but it’s true and I apologize to those of you who look forward to my weekly posts. I have a good excuse though; I’ve been teaching a group of young ladies that have given me a run for my money. Call them young female millennials. 3828576015?profile=original

These young women are outspoken, opinionated, oppositional and hard to love. Many of them have dysfunctional relationships with their mothers – they have said “I hate my mom”, don’t respond well to r

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Chicago-Midwest

3828563043?profile=originalCompeting for your son’s attention? Stop! Find someone your own age to rely on and release him from your servitude! You have had your son all of his life, and it is time for him to spread his wings and fly away from your nest. He’s 18 now. You’ve taught him how to take care of himself (cook & clean his clothes and the house), as well as select, treat and respect nice women right? So be NICE to his girlfriend when he brings her to your house. Don’t try to find some reason NOT to like her. His cho

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Chicago-Midwest

Racial Differences When Raising Sons

If you have raised or are raising a son, this article’s for you!

I have a series of questions for you. The first question is: Are there differences between raising a son that is Black versus White, versus Hispanic versus Asian? Would your answer be yes or would you answer no? I would answer yes. As a Black mother raising Black boys, society’s rules are different when it comes to my sons. If my sons get stopped for a traffic violation, they are more likely to be harassed. If they are in unfamiliar

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Chicago-Midwest
Mothers in Charge – Chicago is a newly formed chapter of the ten year old non-profit organization Mothers in Charge, Inc. Mothers in Charge, Inc. was started by Dorothy Johnson-Speight in Philadelphia in 2001 following the tragic murder of her son Khaaliq Jabbar Johnson over a parking space dispute. January 2013 Mrs. Johnson-Speight launched a Chicago chapter of Mothers in Charge under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Tasha M. Brown, pastor of Galewood Community Church UCC, and Carolyn Champion, Found
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