Dr. Boyce Watkins interviews actress Sherri Shepherd from ‘The View’ and YAI Network’s Matt Aubry about children with disabilities.     Click to Watch    

Walter Lee Hampton says that the independent black woman has not been good for young children.  Click to watch. 

      Almost every single day, someone walks into one of National Action Network’s (NAN) offices around the country consumed with the most unbelievable pain you can ever imagine. They seek our assistance, our guidance and a sense of hope after their lives have been shattered by gun violence. Crying mothers, fathers, grandparents, teenagers and children all have entered ...

    Kyieda Gamble is thrilled that her 17-month-old son, Thomas, likes to snack on green beans. Her goal is to feed her children lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, while avoiding three things on her hit list as much as possible: chemicals, salt and sugar. Many health experts wish that more parents were like the married mother of two. ...

    The Tom Joyner Morning Show’s Nikki Woods writes at BlackAmericaWeb.com that parents should choose love upon learning that their child is gay or lesbian, citing as an example Magic Johnson’s support of his son Earvin Johnson Jr. Last week the world learned what basketball great Magic Johnson and his wife Cookie had known for many years — that their son, ...

    Back in the day, neighbors and extended family helped raise children and set them on the right path when they went astray, San Francisco-based author Shawn Taylor recalls at Ebony. Today, much of the black community is splintered, and families have become more fractured and increasingly violence-prone. He asks where we should go next. … One side argues that ...

    In a piece at BlackAmericaWeb.com, Nikki Woods, The Tom Joyner Morning Show’s senior producer, explains why she has a problem with the viral video of a father who has been indicted on charges of child endangerment and child abuse after whipping his two teenaged daughters for “twerking.” She also says it should spark a larger conversation about ending corporal punishment ...

    Writing at the Huffington Post, Children’s Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman makes the case that it’s time to protect kids, not weapons. My friends are dead. I saw the bad man. He was next to me when we ran out.”  “I played ball with him. Now he is dead.”  “My friend got killed cause she didn’t hide good ...

    “My friends are dead. I saw the bad man. He was next to me when we ran out.”  “I played ball with him. Now he is dead.”  “My friend got killed cause she didn’t hide good enough.”  “Do you think it is my fault?” These are some of the devastating voices of children from Sandy Hook Elementary School. ...

    (The Root) — On Monday, many New Yorkers breathed a heavy sigh of relief when a state Supreme Court judge struck down the city’s impending soda ban. The law, put forth by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and scheduled to go into effect on March 12, prohibited sugary drinks — including soda and fruit drinks that contain less than 70 ...