How to Stop Hatin Yo Baby's Momma

Date Reviewed: May 30, 2007

What's in a word?

With categories like Self-Help, Psychology, Spirituality, and Co-dependency, I knew this book would confront serious issues. HOW TO STOP HATIN YO BABY'S MOMMA is an 'Ebonics like’ title, but the applications and insights are not, and the information shared applies to every group and race of men.

Coleman wrote this book to help non-custodial fathers get through the emotional pain of being separated from their offsprings. He is personally familiar with the wide range of hostile emotions fathers have when they cannot fully participate in raising their children. Many estranged fathers are emotionally stuck, and angry with their baby's mommas. To escape this dilemma, fathers must rid themselves of the negative connotations of the term 'baby momma', and take a spiritual and emotional journey of self-exploration. There is a major thinking error based upon a stereotypical paradigm of men, which men themselves buy into; that men are not as in touch with their feelings as women are. But being less emotionally expressive is not the same as being out of touch with their feelings. Coleman believes the tools introduced in this book will help men explore and hopefully adjust this pereception.

HOW TO STOP HATIN YO BABY'S MOMMA should break through emotional barriers and help men understand they are not as uncaring to the needs of their children as they have been made out to be. Coleman has taken the bull by the horns with this issue.

Reviewed by aNN Brown
of The RAWSISTAZ™ Reviewers

HOW TO STOP HATIN YO BABY'S MOMMA: A SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL GUIDE FOR NON-CUSTODIAL FATHERS

by Larry E. Coleman

How to Stop Hatin Yo Baby’s Momma (A Spiritual and Emotional Guide for Non-Custodial Fathers) is a book designed to help men and women get through their personal conflicts with each so that each parent can make a positive impact in their child’s life. The book addresses many common themes associated with the problems of being a non-custodial parent, i.e. feelings of loss and separation from ones children, feelings of victimization by the judicial system, feelings of anger toward the custodial parent, and issues surrounding visitation and child support. Written in a conversational style, the book leads parents on an personal inner journey to help them examine their own feelings and behaviors that lead to the break up of their relationship, and how these feelings and behavior, if not dealt with, can damage their own emotional health as well as the emotional health of their children.