by Britni Danielle | Feb 7, 2014 | parenting
The narrative around Black motherhood is often a negative one. The media, politicians, and our own community often blames us for everything from poverty and incarceration rates to crime and failing schools. But while women across the diaspora are raising the next...
by Britni Danielle | Mar 20, 2013 | GOALdigging, life, parenting
It looks like the media found a new group to throw under the bus this week: single moms. I really just want to say…keep our names out your mouth, yo…but I’m going to take a more diplomatic approach. After The National Marriage Project released a...
by Britni Danielle | Nov 16, 2012 | GOALdigging, life, parenting
I rarely talk about the difficulty of being a single mother because I don’t like to dwell on it. While it is extremely emotionally taxing raising Le Kid without his father’s input, the day-to-day logistical matters haven’t been overly arduous. What can I say? I’m...
by Britni Danielle | Oct 17, 2012 | GOALdigging, life, parenting
When you step out on faith and do something that seems counter to the norm, you will have some critics. For the most part, and if we’re lucky, these people will be outside of our circle. But far too often, when we strike out on our own and make a break for our dreams,...
by Britni Danielle | Oct 1, 2012 | life, parenting
For as long as I can remember I’ve always been a little different. The lone daughter among sons. The middle child. The Los Angeles born and bread teen who loved Nas over Snoop Dogg. The dreamer. Each of these slight quirks have culminated in the woman I am...
by Britni Danielle | Mar 22, 2012 | life, parenting
For the past week I’ve been thinking, writing and tweeting a lot about Trayvon Martin. In case you aren’t familiar with his plight, the 17-year-old Florida teen was murdered on Feb. 26 as he was walking back to his father’s home in Sanford, Florida....
