Now I love Eve, the pitbull in a skirt-turned-“it” girl on the Hollywood scene, and her relationship with British entrepreneur and race car driver Maximillion Cooper is beautiful. But her thoughts about biracial babies and especially her childrearing philosophy has me cocking an eyebrow: Eve says she plans to raise her kids to be “colorblind.” [...]
Wrap Your Child in an Armor of Confidence
January 21, 2013 | Posted by
It’s a ritual I began the first day my girlpie, Mari, started kindergarten. I’d fluff her super cutie outfit, adjust the fancy barrettes in her hair, take her little moon pie face into my hands, kiss those beautiful cinnamon brown cheeks, and pump her up all the way from the garage to the front steps [...]
Author Denene Millner Shines with ‘Sparkle,’ Her 20th Book
August 9, 2012 | Posted by
Writing 20 books is quite a milestone for any author. Writing 20 books in 15 years is nothing short of mind blowing. “I looked up the other day and I got my [author] copies in the mail, took a picture of it to post on Instagram and I thought, ‘Oh snap! This is No.20,” said [...]
Moderate Drinking While Pregnant is Now Ok Says New Study
June 21, 2012 | Posted by
I’m sure for somebody, this is “good” news: A new study out of the UK suggests that pregnant women can consume one to eight alcoholic drinks a week without causing any developmental problems in their children. Backed by funding from the Centers For Disease Control, Danish researchers studied more than 1600 pregnant women from their [...]
Join Us As We Honor Black Fathers
June 11, 2012 | Posted by
Since we began Atlanta Black Star more than a month ago, we have endeavored to bring readers the stories behind the headlines—burrowing beneath and beyond the soundbites to offer the black community information that might help readers make better sense of their world. In no place is that task more crucial than in telling the [...]
