This raises an ethical question about how to discipline your children. Moreover, this calls into question the different standards that Black parents are held to as both women were arrested and charged for punishing their kids in a way that isn't much different than how many adults were disciplined in their youth. How far is too far?

Reason #876 why inclusion and representation in advertising matters to our children.

Kandi Burruss sends out a special mother’s day message to all the mothers out there, plus, she shares a touching mother’s day memory. Check out the player for more in this exclusive video from “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show.”  Sign Up For Our Newsletter! RELATED: Kandi Burruss Explains Why She Didn’t Comfort NeNe Leakes On The RHOA Reunion […]

Monyetta Shaw, former fiance to R&B singer Ne-Yo, talks about her new book, single parenting and what it means to “save some of you for you,” with “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show. She also goes into detail about why she thinks it’s important for single mothers to let their children see their fathers, and to try […]

When Rickey Smiley‘s sons broke a major house rule, he took off the door to their bedrooms! Click on the audio player not just hear Rickey explain,…

Dre’s ‪#‎breakfastbite‬.. What are your thoughts on step parents disciplining children that are not theirs? @DreJohnson1 damn that if they have a problem tell there ass to step up and do there job. If you don’t want another man doing JOB #MARRY — MrDixonDaCeo (@MrDixonDaCeo) October 16, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js @DreJohnson1 …raising/disciplining a child they created. […]

10 O’clock Topic: what’s more challenging, raising a girl or raising a boy? Tell me why. ‪#‎YouSayWhat‬??   Anna Grace Even though the kids are still young, I feel we have to parent Lucas 2x more than the girls. He is always a challenge and is pressing his luck…so definitely a BOY!! casaylux @justkikibrown as a […]

#OfficeTalk: Do you agree there should be an age limit for children to use a public restroom by themselves? #YouSayWhat???   Keith DJtwofresh Roseburough Yes when they are 18 or older cause perverts hangout in spots like this to kidnap and fondle kids ms3rdwardbettyLol my son’s 5 and 9. Yeah they uses the men’s bathroom. […]

R&B Diva Angie Stone was arrested for assaulting her adult daughter and knocking her teeth out (for getting her face & being disrespectful). As a parent, you still have the right to discipline your child, right?  ‪#‎YouSayWhat‬???   Here is what you had to say on social media:   September Dodd ‏ COULD YOU EVER FORGIVE […]

Here’s what YOU had to say on social media: scuba_steve133 None. It’s there job autumn_sunrise_1920 Raise your child in the way they should go…my grandmother offered none. Education was my job. Reading books and having three new woods out the dictionary a week to learn was my norm. Cheryl SoDetermined Smith my daughter is in tge 2nd […]