Parenting
Black Women & Parenting
The ways that we are approaching parenting are changing. From directly addressing generational trauma to raising our children in countries we would never imagine visiting, the options are endless but this might actually make things a bit harder.
Read through Black Ballad's archive of incredible, ground-breaking journalism covering black women, parenting and the choices we are and are not making.

Jendella Benson
Generation Alpha’s Relationship To Race Is Going To Be Unrecognisable
Wednesday 5 February 2025 12:00 PM

Tobi Oredein
Founder's Letter: How The Bedtime Routine Helps To Ease Mum Guilt
Sunday 14 April 2024 11:59 PM


Tobi Oredein
Founder's Letter: It Should Be OK To Admit That Motherhood Is Hard
Sunday 12 March 2023 11:30 PM



Black Ballad
The Survival Guide: Let's Talk About SEX...again! (with Angella, Uche
Sunday 1 May 2022 8:00 AM

Black Ballad
The Survival Guide: Free Black Mothers Raising Free Black Children
Sunday 24 April 2022 8:00 AM


Jamila Pereira
What Happens When You See Your Parents For Who They Really Are
Wednesday 26 January 2022 12:00 PM

Edisana Stephen
Black Parents Supporting Their Children In All-White Environments
Monday 24 January 2022 12:30 PM
Pam Kosminsky
The Double Discrimination Facing Black Children With Autism
Friday 20 December 2019 7:00 AM
Elizabeth Ayoola
How Being Black, African and British Has Influenced My Love Language
Friday 13 September 2019 7:00 AM