Alfonso Ribeiro—aka Carlton Banks fromThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air—is a father for the second time. The actor and his wife Angela welcomed son Alfonso Lincoln Ribeiro, Jr. at…
Alfonso Ribeiro—aka Carlton Banks fromThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air—is a father for the second time. The actor and his wife Angela welcomed son Alfonso Lincoln Ribeiro, Jr. at…
For IPAD/IPOD users: I’m tired. Tired of getting dispatched on breaking news, rolling up to schools in the middle of the day, sometimes in the middle of the night. Tired of getting there and the place is either on lockdown or has been emptied out. Tired of standing in front of the building wondering how […]
Considering that Samuel L. Jackson is an actor who is mostly known for cussing and playing bad guys in every film he’s in, it’s…
Mellody Hobson talks about how to let our kids spread their wings and fly financially on today’s “Money Mondays” segment. According to the Pew Research Center, nearly half of middle-aged adults gave financial support to a grown child last year. Half. You can blame it on the sluggish economy or the rough job market or […]
Like a lot of moms around the country at this time of year, I was physically separated from two boys on the night I wanted to hug them more than anything else in the world. When the George Zimmerman verdict came in on Saturday, I knew they were safe and snug at their grandparent’s house […]
In today’s edition of Yolanda’s Take, a listener asks how he can get control of his house after overruling his wife on a parental matter…
I don’t know a good parent who hasn’t had a moment of doubt about his or her parenting skills. For most of us, every day is a new opportunity to do better. I get a chance to apologize for snapping when I’m having a bad day, to fix a more nutritional meal after putting too […]
Mother’s Day and now Father’s Day are behind us. Not to play down those roles, but being a mother or father is biological thing and says nothing about our ability to actually raise healthy, well-adjusted children into adult hood. A holiday that is equally or more worthy of being celebrated is Parents’ Day. If you’re […]
So, this week, Michael Douglas had tongues wagging over his alleged statement that his throat cancer was caused by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) transmitted during oral sex. Thanks, Michael Douglas. No really, I’m not being sarcastic. The one good thing from this story was that it brought to the forefront the importance of getting checked […]
He’s the new thing right now. His name is Trinidad James and he hails from Atlanta. He’s only been rapping for a couple of years and already has a song in the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. He burst on to the scene with the single, “All Gold Everything” in which he raps, “Popped a molly, […]
One thing you have to say about the Smith family. They keep things interesting, at least to those of us on the outside looking in. There’s a new interview out in Haute Living where Will Smith explains how he and wife Jada approach parenting. Also in the article, Mr. Smith tells how filming “After Earth” […]
