(ThyBlackMan.com) Much of the time one parent does not realize what they are doing. The effect on the kids is unnoticed. It is usually experienced by the child as stress, tension, anxiety, guilt and depression. Kids may act out or hide it. Parents usually justify it. What is “it?” On ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There are a few things that I hold to be sacred: Lakers basketball, Soul music, good vodka, great movies, smart television and literature. I’m offended when the sanctity of any of those listed is compromised, because I believe them to be pillars of our culture and much of my ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (father of the former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court with the same name) once stated, “A mind that is stretched to a new idea never returns to its original dimensions.” I think the sooner African leaders come to understand this, the better off ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Since I have been involved in collecting data and researching statistics about the African American community, I can recall three specific occasions when I have been put on my knees, heartbroken, and crying out to heaven. The first was in 2006 when I was made aware that the out-of-wedlock ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Managing adrenaline flow when anger and anxiety are at an all-time high during an unavoidable divorce is akin to riding the rapids.  You try to stay afloat.  Anger and anxiety both fueled by adrenaline are useful for short-term emergencies but are quite destructive and unpleasant long-term and often interfere ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) It appears that Jalen Rose of ESPN (and the Fab Five at Michigan) wasn’t aware that he was being arrested when he was stopped for DUI.  Here is a transcript of Jalen’s interaction with the police officer in the back of a squad car on the night he was ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) You can make a difference when it comes to insulating your children from the harmful effects of unavoidable divorce.  Children of divorce are most affected by ongoing conflict, absent parents, and financial shifts in lifestyle.  Moreover, how the child responds to the divorce is modeled by how each parent ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) On Thursday, millions of people will watch the NFL draft and see the faces of America’s newest multimillionaires, some just 21 years old and many without any idea how to manage that much money. For some, it may be the only professional contract they ever sign. Career-ending injuries or ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Dr. Manning Marable made his transition a few days before his Malcolm X biography was released on April 4. The community of scholars that admired him was saddened by his death, and also anticipated the work that would be the product of his decades of research. In many ways, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Being on time, or being late, is habitual. People who are on time are rarely late, and people who are often late rarely get any place early. For latter group, it is almost a curse. This article explains the character of being on time. THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ON ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) What would be the most important ingredient to any healthy, successful relationship? Would it be love? Trust? Attraction? Or something else? This article explains the one factor, the one ingredient that is required for any relationship to be healthy and successful. Sitting in front of my desk is a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Black academicians are having coronaries about the book “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention.” Compiled by renowned Black historian Manning Marable, the book is a hot seller. Marable worked on the book for 20 years and died just before its publication last week. Among records Marable used were Malcolm’s ...