(ThyBlackMan.com) I came across a topic on Facebook regarding single parenting. The following question was posed. If a father has a child for the equal amount of time or more than the mother even when the child is living with the mother, is the mother truly a single parent? I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) *If you can read this line: Thank a teacher! In a perfect world all teachers would be dedicated to their profession, keep long school hours, be involved with community endeavors unrelated to school events and basically be concerned with the welfare of their students. The good news is; that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) 2012 is now coming to an end. Many of us have lined up our resolutions for the start of the New Year. We have plans, agendas and good intentions to make positive changes. They may consist of improving our finances, losing weight, becoming debt free, going to church, finding ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was on 1380 WAOK in Atlanta for an interesting interview this morning. The conversation revolved around child support payments and the “Financial Abortions” concept that my Senior Editor, Kirsten West-Savali, brought to my attention just a couple of months ago. The conversation expanded to child support in general, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s that time of the year again, mistletoe, holiday cheer, Christmas trees, beautiful lights and most importantly, presents. If you are an engaged, devoted, loving single dad, you will definitely come face to face, often, with your children’s mother. No matter how long it has been since you separated, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I have written a number of articles relating to men and the many issues they are confronted with. I recently wrote Black Father and Daughter Dance here at Thy Black Man, which expressed the significance of the father daughter wedding dance in a woman’s life. Men stepping up to the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Quality education is one of the most important factors in determining one’s future prosperity and destiny. But for Black American parents and students the issue will affect not only our overall quality of life, but also will determine how we will achieve to the fullest extent actual freedom, justice, equality ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While checking my Yahoo email I came across a video of a father and daughter wedding dance. The dance was an interesting one which consisted of a medley of hip hop and R and B tunes. They danced to everything from KC and the Sunshine Band, The Stanky Leg, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) ‘…but recently I’ve done some uncharacteristic things as father that if I didn’t feel as though I could report them to her, I’d really need a brother who had my back to talk out how I’d lost my temper with my five month old daughter…’ The above excerpt comes ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Life is filled with situations and circumstances that many children have no control over. It is disheartening to see children suffer from abuse and neglect. The reality of the matter is, as your read this post, there are children who are being exposed to irresponsible people, being abused, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When an unplanned pregnancy occurs, sometimes both parents feel that they are unprepared for parenthood. In this case both may agree to give up their rights to raise a child and choose adoption as an alternative. In most cases when this does occur, the acknowledgement of both parents is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I wonder: What kind of person must he have been back then, to abandon twin baby girls, just as beautiful as they were strong? My father was out of me and my twin sister’s life by the time I was three years old. The man and woman who parented ...