[T]here’s Daddy
Two requests: 1. Forgive me for writing about basketball two weeks in a row, and 2. Allow me to wonder aloud for a bit. Last week, one of the most disappointing articles I read was about the rise and...
View ArticleDwyane Wade Backs ‘This Is Fatherhood’ Campaign
NBA star Dwyane Wade has partnered with Hip Hop artist Lecrae and a group of activists on "This Is Fatherhood," a campaign promoting the importance of fatherhood. The campaign asks contestants to...
View ArticleOrlando Shaw – Man Who Fathered 22 Kids by 14 Women – In Talks for Reality Show
Orlando Shaw - a man who fathered 22 children by 14 different women - may be getting his own reality show. Shaw became an internet sensation after video of an interview with Nashville's NewsChannel5...
View ArticleBook celebrates positive image of black dads
Usually black dads aren't the first to be associated with the father of the year award. But we know that for every single negative image of a black dad that we see, there's a man out there who deserves...
View ArticleSurvey: Black men defy stereotypes about fatherhood
A federal survey of American parents shows that despite stereotypes about black fathers, most live with their children and are just as involved as other dads who live with their kids (or more so.) For...
View ArticleViral photo of gay dads turns into book about family
In January, an Instagram photo of two black gay dads taking care of their young daughters went viral. The image garnered mixed reactions, but also a memoir written by one of the dads. From Daily Mail:...
View ArticleVideo: Terry Crews debates fatherhood with ‘The View’
Actor Terry Crews made a statement that many took offense to while guest co-hosting on “The View” a few days ago. He said that “every child NEEDS a father.” Check out the exchange here: Which side do...
View ArticleWhy my partner and I will use Womanism as the framework to parent our child
Editor’s Note: April is Black Women’s History Month. Throughout this month, Black Youth Project is celebrating Black women. This month is also National Minority Health Month, Autism Awareness Month,...
View ArticleContending with the violent history surrounding Black wombs as I await...
Editor’s Note: April is Black Women’s History Month. Throughout this month, Black Youth Project is celebrating Black women. This month is also National Minority Health Month, Autism Awareness Month,...
View ArticleProtecting Black children should never mean re-injuring them, owning them, or...
by Donnie Moreland This essay contains discussions of domestic violence and sexual assault Ruminations of my daughter’s hypothetical death play on repeat, ever since her birth. I’ve accepted them as...
View ArticleMy daughter saves me from my anxieties with the embrace of her little arms
by Donnie Moreland It’s the eve of what folks are calling the “most important presidential election of our lives.” I’m being told to prepare. I’m being told to panic. I strap both ends of my cloth mask...
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