They're no single dads in the African community. Single dads get help from grandmothers, aunties and every living female relative or friends. Single mothers get to do it on their own .
spent two hours understanding everything written on her back and it means you can never find her doing or supporting evil.
tough but a clean way to live.
This story still hits hard every time I read it.
In 2024, 10-year-old Dakota Levi Stevens, a sweet kid with the biggest smile, ran to a neighbor's house begging them to adopt him because his foster parents were hurting him. Neighbor didn't see bruises, so they sent him back.
Less than an hour later, his 340-pound foster mom, Jennifer Lee Wilson, pinned the 90-pound boy down by lying across his chest for about 5 minutes as "punishment" for "acting bad" and trying to run again.
He screamed. He begged. Then he went quiet. She thought he was faking it. Asked if he was ready to get up. When she finally rolled him over, his eyelids were pale. No breathing. CPR, 911... but he died two days later from mechanical asphyxia. Autopsy ruled it homicide.
She pleaded guilty to reckless homicide. Got sentenced in January 2025 to 6 years (5 in prison, 1 on probation).
Five years. For crushing a little boy to death. The foster system failed him. The neighbor missed his cry for help. And the sentence feels like a joke. We gotta do better for these kids.
No kid should die like that. Ever.
my daughter made $110 on her lemonade stand today, in like 30 minutes. Turned out people were handing her $5s and $10s and she was just assertively saying thank you for the tip, and not offering change.