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#RaisingBrilliance: How To Get A Real Answer To “How Was Your Day At School?”

  First tip is: Don't ask your kids that. It's too broad, they're too tired from a long day at school to give you the picture perfect answer you're looking for. Most of the time you're going to get "Fine" or "It was okay." Occasionally you'll get "Horrible!" (Hopefully not too often.) My son, for example, acts like he hates school and he would prefer it if he could just play all day. … [Continue reading...]

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My #1 Tip For Getting Kids To Read Daily (Without Nagging From You!)

My daughter is in the third grade this year. Normally that's a ho-hum age, academically, but this year, our state has the Third Grade Reading guarantee, where, if students don't pass the reading portion of the third-grade standardized test, they have to repeat third grade. Luckily, I have little doubts about my daughter's ability to pass. She is brilliant, and I'm not just saying that because … [Continue reading...]

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As A Black Mother, This Is What Keeps Me Up At Night

Last Halloween, I took my kids' trick or treating in my very much majority-white neighborhood. We were around the corner, just out of view of my house, when a police car started riding slowly down the street. I froze. I kept one eye on the car as it followed me and my kids and I had to murmur to myself that I had done nothing wrong, that I was doing exactly what everyone else was doing … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: Behind the blog, Education, Featured, School-Aged Children, The big picture ·

[Open Thread] How Do You Get Involved In Your Child’s School?

I'm working with the insanely smart and dedicated women over at The Mission List to talk about a subject that is near and dear to my heart: education. Specifically, how YOU choose to get involved at your child's school. I'm especially excited to get your feedback, because often the assumption is that young parents don't care or don't know how to get involved on behalf of their child's education. … [Continue reading...]

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Introducing The Teespring Campaign For The 2014 YML Scholarship

Maya Angelou. Chaka Khan. Ann Dunham (President Obama's mother). Aretha Franklin. All young moms, all women who have made an extraordinary mark on the world. These four women adorn the first official YML shirt. I've launched a campaign on Teespring to fund the 2014 YML Scholarship Fund! We last gave a young mom $300 for school back in 2011 and it's time to revive it! Please help me reach my … [Continue reading...]

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#NoTeenShame: This Is What Happens When We Support Teen Parents

Squeeeeeeee!  That's all I could think when Gloria Malone (you may know her as TeenMomNYC) uploaded photos from her college graduation. Gloria had her daughter Leilani when she was 15. I didn't know her then, but I know that society isn't kind to parents in general, let alone those who are parenting before they graduate high school, so I know she had her struggles. Instead of quietly … [Continue reading...]

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Summer Vacation Is Coming. Get Excited…Or Not

  #186543898 / gettyimages.com It's quite hard to believe that the summer months have come upon us once again yet here we are, getting ready to brave the heat in an attempt to enjoy a carefree summer filled with fun, sun, friends and family. But what it really means is that its time for the kids to get out of school for summer vacation and in theory, it should be a time that the whole … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: Babies + Toddlers, Education, Family, Featured, Love + Family, Mom to Mom, Money + School, School-Aged Children, You + Your Kids ·

Pursuing Your Passions Is Not All Or Nothing: Learning To Go With The Flow When Life Gets Crazy

I had to get a part-time job to help pay the bills, but the only job I could find is on night shift. I can't even begin to tell you how difficult it was to work four nights a week and go to college full-time, all while running a household and raising a six-year-old. Unfortunately, while I struggled to maintain good grades, find time to spend with my daughter and get to work on time, I had to … [Continue reading...]

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