Married with Children

African American married couples who have children.

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Birds and The Bees…….

Parents never want to envision their child having sex.  In a perfect world, our babies would remain babies and we would be able to protect them from any and everything.  Unfortunately, our babies grow up and are forced out into the everyday hustle and bustle of life, constantly meeting new people and gaining new experiences.

At some point every parent must have the dreaded conversation about where babies come from.  Let’s face it; images of sex are everywhere you look, on TV, on social media and in public places.  I truly don’t recall all the Continue reading →

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Curiosity Killed The Cat……………Communication Killed The Marriage!

Within any relationship communication is key. Communication (in Webster’s words) is the activity of conveying information through the exchange of ideas, feelings, intentions, attitudes, expectations, perceptions or commands, as by speech, gestures, writings, behavior and possibly by other means such as electromagnetic, chemical or physical phenomena. It is the meaningful exchange of information between two or more participants. Which in a sum of words……keeps the wheels between each other turning.

While during an argument or disagreement……the other person is wrong, this validates the reason that you are arguing/ disagreeing in the first place. So that is the first thing established. The second thing that is obviously established is……..there is a need to let you know why I’m right!……………That my dear is where we all go wrong. The tone sometimes changes and an escalation of the voice might occur and then ready.. set… go……let’s get ready to RUMBLE.

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Hello……..Is There Help Out There?

Losing your job can be disappointing, but having children and losing your job and health insurance can be devastating. You never really know the impact of health insurance until you don’t have any. As adults we can try to fend for ourselves but our children, dealing with the germs in daycare and kiddy cooties……….need healthcare. Depending upon the situation, state assistance may or may not be an option. Don’t be discouraged……. there are options out there.

I know a few people that attempted to take advantage of Obama care. 4 out of the 6 of them claimed that they could not afford the monthly co pay. The other two are utilizing the healthcare with full time employment and seem to be able to pay. Most people, who are reaching out for help, need it. Our ‘system’ has become so greedy that they do very little informing on outlets that can help the lower/ poor class citizens.

Walking into a hospital and asking about payment plans and asking about clinics can sometimes help but most hospital and doctor visits want their money almost immediately after the service is performed. There are sliding scale clinics that are out there that are based on income and can provide service for the whole family. A lot of the doctors are paid by a third party resource so there is no decrease in quality of care that they provide.

Catholic Charities Free Health Care and Squirrel Hill Health Clinic are just two of the options for free sliding scale clinics. Here are two websites that might be of some help for insurance needs.

http://freeclinicspa.org/memberclinics.html

http://bewellpgh.org/category/freesliding-scale-clinics/

 

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Daddy and Mommy’s Night Out

I just recently had a conversation with a close friend of mines about going out. Funny thing is we haven’t been out in so long that we had the slightest clue where to go. Having your marriage and your kids take precedence over you ‘night life’ is what’s most important but it doesn’t mean that every now and again you don’t want to kick up your heels and dance or drink.

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Daddy…..The Beautician!

I am delightfully tickled to see fathers doing their daughters hair. It brings me joy to see a lot of the attempts at ponytails and curls. I was riding the bus one day and witnessed a father sweating and completely focused on putting two ponytails in his daughter’s hair. She kept asking “Daddy are you done yet” and his response was “hunny I’m trying to get it like mommy does it.” I could not contain the smile that spread across my face as I tried not to make it seem as if I was laughing at the situation but actually enjoying the effort he was putting forth.

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