Hats off to Mercy Academy for letting their young girls know that fairy tales aren’t real. The all-girls Catholic high school has partnered with an ad agency to counteract the fairy tale princess image with messages of empowerment. Last year on Sesame Street, Justice Sotomayor gave a similar lecture to Abby Cadabby. She told Abby […]
I was shocked to read that the aluminum content of infant formula is 100 times that of breast milk. Although it isn’t known if excess aluminum in infant formula can cause birth defects, no mother wants to know that the first food we feed our babies is anything but pure. What’s more formula manufacturers don’t […]
Kanye West’s “attempt” to take back the Confederate flag seems disingenuous at best and a media ploy at worst. As a black mother, I am outraged that a black man would attempt to sell Confederate flag-themed apparel to young people who probably don’t really understand the flag’s place in African American history. Thanks to a […]
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