Relationship expert Spirit was in the building answering questions with Rickey Smiley. Rickey picked Spirit’s brain about a conversation he had with his daughter while visiting her at college. She says that guys her own age are disrespectful and immature, so she wonders whether it’s acceptable for a girl her age (20 years old) to […]

Rickey Smiley shares his impassioned response to news the 16 year-old-son of retired NFL linebacker Antonio Armstrong shot and killed both of his parents. Rickey discusses the warning signs that would show in a child who is capable of carrying out such a monstrous act. He draws on his previous experience raising children to explain […]

A high school basketball player told reporters the coach would place his hand on her shoulders and other places, gestures she never experienced with their previous coach.

The launch of the tween makeup and skin care line GeoGirl was a grand affair filled with product surrounding every corner of the loft, a stage, lunch tables and chalk boards filled with texting terms that tweens have adopted as their daily form of expression. But, what really stood out to me were the young girls milling about proudly wearing makeup and discussing the […]