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Lost in a Masquerade
by Harriet Hairston I’m about to reveal something about myself that makes me ashamed. Brace yourselves: I don’t have many friends because I find it hard to trust others with my inner workings. I have trust issues, and I find it iron...
Keep Your Sex Life Out Of Your Facebook Status
by Aja Dorsey Jackson I have more than a couple Facebook friends who consistently post what I believe to be extremely inappropriate status updates about their relationships. Sometimes they are publicly cursing out their partner on their wall, other t...
What Happened to Your Fingernails?
by Ronnie Tyler A close friend from undergrad came to town a few weeks back and so we decided to meet for dinner. I was happy to see her (as we had not seen each other in a while.) We both put on a few pounds as we’ve had several kids since u...
Happy Thanksgiving
From us, our contributing writers and everyone else that helps out on the site here at Black and Married With Kids.com we want to wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving. BMWK family, tell us What Are You Thankful For?...
Don’t Let the Baby Face Fool Ya!?
by Harriet Hairston My son doesn’t go to day care. Since my husband works nights, he stays home all day with Daddy, then we tag team and I take over for the evening. Needless to say, teaching my son basic age appropriate concepts like ...
Thank You Atlanta!!!
The Happily Ever After Tour came to an end last night in Atlanta and we think it was a great night. The crowd started lining up almost two hours before showtime and between the film and the panel discussion seemed to enjoy every minute of it. Ronnie ...
VIDEO: BMWK’s Lamar and Ronnie Tyler on DC’s Fox 5 Morning News
On Monday November16th Lamar and Ronnie Tyler, founders of Black and Married With Kids.com and Producers of the documentary Happily Ever After: A Positive Image of Black Marriage appeared on Fox 5 Morning News (FMN) talking about the website and th...
DC: FREE Screening of Happily Ever After Black Marriage Documentary
DC Week is here!!!! This Thursday come out and experience the documentary everyone has been talking about. The Amazon.com bestselling film Happily Ever After: A Positive Image of Black Marriage at the Historic Avalon Theatre in NW DC. Doors open at 7...
Like Hot Melted Honey Butter
by Ronnie Tyler Lamar and I pretty much have our nightly routine down to a science with the girls. After long days for both of us we all sit down to eat dinner between 7:15 and 8 PM every night. Then we march the girls upstairs for their baths. Our o...
I’m Not Your Superwoman
by Aja Dorsey Jackson Last week both of the kids and I became sick with the flu. They were sick first, but of course by the time they were back to running and playing, I felt like I had been hit by a truck and was fighting the worst version of the fl...
Pictures: Baltimore Screening of Happily Ever After: A Positive Image of Black Marriage
123► Last Thursday on October 29th we premiered Happily Ever After: A Positive Image of Black Marriage in Baltimore at the historic Senator Theatre. The night was hosted by Marc Clarke and comedian Meshelle . The crowd began to arrive an h...
The Reconstruction of Black America
by Harriet Hairston On Tuesday, Dr. Shane Perrault wrote an article about the Civil War between black men and women in America. The issues we face as a people were made painfully obvious, but what about the solutions? Nwenna Kai commented, &#...
Would You Take a Cruise With BMWK?
We’re taking a survey to see how many of our faithful readers would be interested in sailing the high seas BMWK Style of course! Exotic destinations, private parties, marriage workshops and live entertainment are just a few of the things you...
What Do You Think About The Morehouse Dress Code?
by Lamar Tyler As you’ve probably heard by now Morehouse College has instituted a new dress code on the campus of the all-male school in Atlanta. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution some of the new restrictions are: * no caps, do-rags...
FREE Happily Ever After Screening This Weekend in Philly!!!
We’re happy to announce that a private screening we were doing this weekend in Philadelphia at Temple University is now open to the public. If you or someone you know lives in the Philadelphia or South Jersey area tell them they don’t wan...
Over 20,000 Facebook Fans = DVD SALE!!!
We’ve surpassed over 20 Thousand Facebook fans for our documentary “Happily Ever After: A Positive Image of Black Marriage”! This all happened in less than four months and to celebrate we’re having a SALE! From now until Sunda...
Lamar and Ronnie Make The Essence “Power Couples On the Move” List
Yesterday we were floored to be blessed by such a humbling experience. We were included in an amazing list of power couples on the move that are making it happen. We were actually the only couple that weren’t Black A-Listers so to say we were s...
VIDEO: Blogalicious Conference 2009 Recap
Over the weekend we attended the inaugural Blogalicious Conference which was held at the Midtown W Hotel in Atlanta, GA. The conference focused on women bloggers of color and was created by the women of the Mama Law Media Group (www.mamalaw.com) and ...
Make It Last Forever
by Tara Pringle Jefferson When it comes to topic of marriage, everyone wants to put their two cents in on what keeps a marriage strong. For all those with upcoming nuptials (Jonesi, I’m looking at you!), let’s weigh in to help them out. What’s ...
Do Single Moms Create More Single Moms?
by Tara Pringle Jefferson A little while back I was fortunate to be asked to participate in a webinar for black moms. Our topic was about the plight of our brown babies and what we can do as parents to prepare them for the best life possible. One of...
The World’s Stage - Derrion Albert
by Harriet Hairston It has taken me a few days to find any words that would be coherent enough to write through the ocean of tears shed over the brutal death of Derrion Albert. All the world is a stage, and to watch the lives of at least five...
Mama’s Wisdom
By Harriet Hairston Once upon a time, there was a little girl who made all her decisions based on how she felt. She gave little to no regard to the long term consequences of her decisions, nor did she care how her actions hurt those around her. ...
Spoiled Rotten
I was at a wedding this past weekend with my husband and two kids. Since this was a very low-key affair, there wasn’t much seating, so we put the kids on our laps to make room for other people. As we’re eating, I’m trying to feed my 1-year-old ...
Are You Ready For Some Football?
Brian Westbrook shrugs off some Redskins bama! by Tara Pringle Jefferson I usually hate football season because my husband is a die-hard fan. He loves the San Francisco 49ers, but will watch any game, any team, any time, no matter their record or c...
Communication Is The Key - Baby Style
(Picture above is not our daughter) by Lamar Tyler Success! This is the feeling that Ronnie and I have had lately as we reached another milestone with the last of our children. We’ve been scratching off our list of things we won’t have to...
Kandi’s Side Of The Story… (Real Housewives of Atlanta Style)
This really had nothing to do with BMWK but since one of our writers wrote a popular article that mentioned some of the things she was doing in the show in contrast to what you should look for prior to marriage in a mate it’s only fair that you...
VIDEO: President Obama’s Health Care Speech Video and Text
VIDEO: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy TRANSCRIPT: Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, and the American people: When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing the worst economi...
