http://www.blackparentmovement.com/blog BlackParentMovement.com - Caring, Guiding, Teaching Black Children...Together Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:48:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en BLACK PEOPLE, PLEASE, READ & HEED.    The sad thing about this article is that the essence of it is true. The truth hurts. I just hope this sets more Black people in motion towards making real progress.. Chris Rock, a Black comedian, even joked that Blacks don't read.Help prove them wrong! ... http://www.blackparentmovement.com/blog/?p=683   Imagine, if you will, two children, a boy and a girl coming home from school to a mother awaiting them with a snack before doing homework.  My brother and I would play outside until it was dinner time and the climax of the day was our father coming home.  The ... http://www.blackparentmovement.com/blog/?p=645 Seems like it is. I'll continue this shortly, but feel free to comment...   * * * * * http://www.blackparentmovement.com/blog/?p=677 I'm concerned... I'm confused... I'm thinking Black History Month may be on it's way to becoming irrelvelant. Am I wrong? Does anyone even care (yeah, yall know a quick history lesson is only a few paragraphs away) anymore? I certainly hope so. I know the month is only half over, but I've not ... http://www.blackparentmovement.com/blog/?p=676   Not to take anything away from celebrating Valentine's Day from all the Lovers in the world, but I have to say and make mention that I have some of the dearest friends in the whole wide world and I'm sure I'm not the only one.  Love is grand and love ... http://www.blackparentmovement.com/blog/?p=674          CONGRATULATIONS!!!! To the New Orleans Saints............. Oh what a very exciting week to be in New Orleans!!!  With The Saints winning the Superbowl yesterday and Fat Tuesday (also known as Mardi Gras) coming next week, February 16, 2010....You better believe it when they say and/or you hear "OH When The Saints ... http://www.blackparentmovement.com/blog/?p=671  Soo.....we're coming to the end of the first month of the New Year and all of you who made New Years resolutions, did you give it your all?  A fighting chance?  Your best efforts?  Or...did you do what everyone else does statistically and sort of just let it all fall to ... http://www.blackparentmovement.com/blog/?p=665   "I have often regretted my speech, never my silence."                                                  Xenocrates (396-314 BC) The Truth About Domestic Violence A Short Story "No Woman, No Cry..." by Bob Marley is playing in the apartment above the girls.  They listen often to the goings on of their new neighbor settled just above them.  Who wouldn't?  ... http://www.blackparentmovement.com/blog/?p=669 Stay home and/or SERVE today!! It still amazes me that SO many United States companies still DO NOT respect and recognize Martin Luther King Jr.'s Day as a National Holiday, and give their employees PAID TIME OFF...or organize an internal Service Day...or do SOMETHING other than treat this Monday, like any other ... http://www.blackparentmovement.com/blog/?p=667  Soooo...The fitness center was mighty crowded today!!!! First Monday back after New Years and it seems that most of the nation has put Fitness as one of the TOP priorities for their New Years resolutions!  Over the Christmas Holiday, we retrieved some information from our peeps to take a poll ... http://www.blackparentmovement.com/blog/?p=663