Black Family Violence, A Tragedy of 5

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Credit: Floridatoday.com Most of us remember the 2001 story of Texas native, Andrea Yates ,who drowned her five children in the bathtub. Such violent acts have always shocked the world. Now, nearly 11 years later another tragic story of family violence has occurred within the black community. When A Mother’s Fed Up…. On Tuesday April [...]

Caucasians Adopting Black Children… How Should We Feel?

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In the film, “The Blind Side”, it portrays a homeless African American teenager, Michael “Big Mike” Oher, taken in by a Caucasian family. They place him in a private school, hire a tutor in hope to improve his grades and encourage him to join the school’s football team. The Touhy family supports him in all [...]

@TechLifeSteph: Why More Women Should ‘Act Like Engineers’ and ‘Think Like Geeks’

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Ok, so I stole the idea for the title from a book, but I hope I was able to get your attention because there are some very compelling reasons women should be seriously considering STEM careers.  STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math and it’s definitely not just for geeks anymore. According to a [...]

Program yourself to succeed

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No one absolutely knows at birth what a child will grow up to become or what contributions a child will ultimately make to society. How a person’s mind is educated over time, much like uploading software programs into a computer’s operating system, influences a person’s character and sense of purpose for living. Each day we [...]

Video: The Myth Of The Black Super Mom

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Whether you are a newbie or veteran, motherhood is hard. In a light-hearted interview, Dr. Towanna Freeman discusses Maternal Guilt with therapist Dr. Christina Edmondson. She shares, “It’s not natural for us to know how to be a great mom. We need support.”        

Frame of Reference: Break the Chains and End the Dysfunctional Cycle

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As you think of yourself as a child growing up and consider your life history up until this present date, do you see a cycle of dysfunction? I asked this question of myself a few years ago and the honest answer was yes. There were a few things in my past that I experienced growing [...]

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