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Vincent McCant with wife Melanie Cook-McCant and son Jack McCant courtesy Vincent McCant

Vincent McCant with wife Melanie Cook-McCant and son Jack McCant courtesy Vincent McCant

Very few people outside of my family and close friends know that I was embroiled in two custody battles recently, spanning a total of four plus years. 

I have a 12-year-old son, who I care greatly for. He is my world and my only child.

I met his mom in the summer of 2003, at a summer concert. His mom is a creole girl from Louisiana, very attractive and the ex-girlfriend of former-heavyweight champ, Mike T

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Sho Baraka

Gallup recently released some statistics showing that married people have a higher well-being index than people of other relationship statuses.

What does that mean in laymen’s terms? The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index includes emotional health, physical health, mental health, as well as workplace performance.

When I stumbled upon this information I was quite bewildered because this study seems to suggest an inverted perspective of what contemporary culture thinks of committed

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A new epidemic is permeating the culture today: fatherlessness.

Shocking statistics reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal that 41 percent of all U.S. children are born to unmarried mothers.

In the black community, 72.3 percent of all children are born in homes without fathers, compared with 35.7 percent of white children.

The crisis of fatherlessness is sparking much concern among pro-life organizations, which seek to change these overwhelming figures and educate the

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