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Don't Mess with my Baby

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Tia & Cree, Photo courtesy of Mrs. Grapevine . Tamera & Aden, Photo courtesy of Bossip . Are you really gonna slam on somebody's child? Like...really? First, Tia Mowry-Hardric t received harsh and insignificant feedback on her baby boy, Cree's appearance. Now, her sister is going through the same thing. Tamera Mowry-Housely is receiving flak for her interracial marriage and how "white"baby Aden's skin color is. Seriously?  Whether you're full of melanin or not, check out your baby photos and take a gander at what color you were at birth. Were you brown? Light brown? Dark brown? White? Pink? Yellow? Blue? Red? You eventually came into your color, right? And who are you calling ugly? Have you seen yourself in the morning, before the face wash, astringent, make-up and whatnot? Are you even aware of your stank face? These awesome women have some beautifully adorable babies and are no different from any other good parents who want

Anger Management and Safety

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Photo Courtesy of Life in the Village . I'm a domestic violence volunteer and I work mainly with children when I'm not on the clock. Before I left to spend time with the children, I found out some disturbing news about a couple of rapes and murders. With very limited TV, I manage (almost 100% of the time) to find out about news reports at the last minute. With the crimes that happened not too ago in my area, I talked to my youth advocate about what happened. I would list the links of what happened, the location, and morph into my hard news persona, but sadly, she told me that there were very little reports about these crimes. My boss told me about the incidents but they were brief stints on the evening and morning news. What else could be more important than the safety of people, especially young women? It's bad enough that these crimes are happening and worse that no one has said anything. All the while some sinister mystique keeps clouding the minds of earthly cit