If there is one thing I believe it is that words matter. Sometimes even the simplest phrases can give a mountain of support when you need it. Kind words of …

Welcome to Parenting While Black — where we celebrate the messy magic of raising Black kids, on-screen and off. We talk 90s movies (because obviously) to school politics and affirmations that do more than your kid’s YouTube life coach ever could — this is where joy and strategy meet.
Unfiltered. Unbothered. Unapologetically ours.

Somewhere between lunchboxes and logins, the parenting game changed.
YouTube became our kids’ teacher, life coach, and stylist — and not in a good way.
Now, they’re growing up in a world where the algorithm defines what’s normal — and we’re expected to guide them through it like we’ve done this before. We’re not here to panic. We’re here to parent with purpose, strategy, and a lot of grace.


This space is for us. We’re all learning how to parent through the age of infinite scroll — with clarity, with laughter, and with community.
We talk 90s movies (because of course we do), and affirmations — and yes, you’ll find to use your Outside voice when needed in schools — and help get ahead of the cursed algorithm.
Parenting doesn’t come with a playbook. But community is the next best thing.


Hi, I’m Nicole.
I’m all about 90s movies and Rich Auntie vibes. A writer, parent, and digital-age realist raising proud, grounded kids in a world of algorithms—and still holding out hope someone remembers to take the meat out of the freezer.