(ThyBlackMan.com) Sometimes—especially with sons—you have to “play hardball.” If you’re a father of boys, you have my prayers. They’ll make you proud, but they also may make you crazy. One of the key areas you need to address with your sons is their aggressiveness. I saw it in my sons ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Being a good man and a good dad are not entirely mutually exclusive. The days of “Do as I say and not as I do” are over. Today’s kids who are always-on, tech-savvy, and have 24/7 Internet access to information which they can use to dispute you. The following ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The day has come when you realize that your child is growing up. Your baby is no longer a baby. They are maturing and coming into their own. They are also asking questions that you may or may not be prepared to discuss. The discussion I am speaking of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Corporate men have made a nice run of fatherhood but their time is waning. There is a new breed of father on the scene that deserves respect due. I don’t mean to discredit the contribution of the former type of father whose head of household status was reinforced by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The national episodes of bullying by students, the antibullying prevention efforts being imposed there is a growing awareness that students are taking responsibility for their learning and standing up for the empowerment of education. October is National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, education is key to success and role models ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My only son turned five years old last week. He is a handsome, articulate, energetic, intelligent, fun-loving and gentle young man. He is the apple of my eye! There’s only one problem; he is Black. And as his father, I am challenged to do for him what generations of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) FATHERS, SEIZE YOUR FAMILIES! When I think about the unconditional love that God has shown to the world it truly is above my comprehension. I know in my heart that He sent His Son Jesus Christ to the world to save us. Do we truly understand the true love ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We all know the lyrics: “I believe the children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way.” I think you know the rest, so I’ll stop singing now. In fact, I would argue that in a world of wealth building and “paper chasing,” our kids ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was shopping for groceries on a Thursday evening when it happened. A little Black elf who should have been smiling and cute was tearing his way through the canned goods aisle, kicking some cans and trying to juggle a few. He was cursing at an older girl, who ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Okay I will make this nice, sweet and short. Fathers and mothers, please stop using your child or children as a pawn. When couples separate they sometimes tend to become emotional and the feelings they felt when they were creating their little bundle of joy are tossed out the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We live in a time and culture when the importance of fatherhood is very much maligned. The media has gone out of its way to portray fathers as unreliable, silly and spineless. Can you name even one television program where a father is portrayed as he should be? Not ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We are constantly discussing the plight of single mothers, women who are left to raise children without fathers in the household. We have heard stories of dad’s taking off and leaving, never seeing their offspring again or hardly keeping in touch. However, we rarely hear about the mother that ...