(ThyBlackMan.com) Knowing the plight of black women in America shows that there is a need for a strong male influence in the black community. Black men have been seen as not needed, and less than competent when it comes to relationships and proper parenting, to which it seems that black women ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Life moves at 100 mph for so many of us. We live our daily existence on social media, and too many of us have no time for anyone, nor anything, that can’t keep up with us. We are embracing movement and want to do it our way…many believe that those ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Back in the day when I was coming up, relationships and marriages were about trust, love, honor, respect, admiration, weathering out the storm, and staying committed to one another. These days in the urban community in America, a very disturbing trend has become very common amongst young urban millennials in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Love is blind, and in some cases can make a person deaf, dumb and crazy. What some people do for love makes others wonder what kind of drug love is. According to the definition, love is a profoundly tender tender, passionate affection for another. Humans can be in love with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the jurisdiction where I live, my co-parent and I split the time with our son fifty-three to forty-seven percent. Although it varies in different municipalities, here it works to about a six percent gap. The Six Percent Rule is focused on redirecting your energy toward effectively managing the gap ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes who knows what else. Marriage is hard, love is tough, and while both are a choice you can’t have one without the other. My husband and I will make five years married in May. It will also mark eight years together in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Not all relationships last forever. But what happens when that relationship produces children? How do we learn to separate our hurt and possible ill feelings toward the other parent in a way that does not negatively affect our children? This seems to be a very big issue in the black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In case you haven’t noticed, we’ve been living in a special time; a time where it’s perfectly fine to be unapologetically black all while expressing exactly who you are in doing so. Now excuse me as I quote DJ Khaled as a reference because “they” definitely don’t want you to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My son is two. I love him to death, but I must say… the terrible twos are real. His span and range of emotions is baffling from tantrum to giggling to asking for something to eat he is a rollercoaster I love but wipes me out at the end of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The phrase “head of household” is used by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to describe an unmarried person who pays more than 50% of the costs of keeping up a home. In a marriage, this expression doesn’t apply for tax purposes, but it still has significant meaning for many Black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the 21st century, the process of dating and being in a relationship has changed drastically from what is has been. Once upon a time, sophisticated courting, chivalry and “taking it slow” was the norm for those dating. Now, dating consists of following each other on all social media sites, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sex is one of the most powerful things in the universe that’s supposed to display positive vibes between two people. But these days, because of negative and destructive imagery and music from promoted and perpetuated by Corporate America, sex has been turned into a very unhealthy and destructive weapon in ...