About Me
ABOUT MOCHA DAD
My name is Frederick. Some people call me Fred, but you know me as Mocha Dad.
I am a Texan – born and raised and I have the cowboy boots to prove it. However, Texas has not been my only home. I have lived in several southeastern states – some of them I liked, some of them I didn’t, none of them can compare to Texas. My quest is to visit all fifty states. I have made it to 37 so far.
I graduated from Howard University in Washington, D.C. Because I was the first person in my family to graduate from college, I am extremely proud of this accomplishment. But the best thing about my years at Howard was my meeting my wife, KayEm.
I have worked as a mover, controls manager, quality manager, construction project manager, and safety manager. I have also run several businesses: an online collectible toy shop, a wedding and portrait photography studio, and freelance writing and editing company.
In 2008, I started Mocha Dad to chronicle his life as a father and to counter the negative stereotypes regarding black fatherhood. I wanted people to get a first hand account of a black father who is intimately involved in his children’s lives. Now I use to blog to not only capture my experiences as a father, but also to help motivate other fathers to be more actively engaged and involved with their children.
I enjoy music, reading, photography, and surfing the web. But my greatest joy comes from spending time with my wife and three kids.
ABOUT THE MOCHA FAMILY
KayEm – She is my wife. Otherwise know as my soul mate and the sexiest woman alive. She is the Queen of the castle.
Nee – She is my firstborn child and my little princess. Her thought-provoking observations are well beyond her years.
N – He is the comedian of the family. He is also handsome and cool.
X – He is the rapscallion of the bunch. As the youngest in the family, he often tries to get his way. Many times, he succeeds.
Ginger – She is the beagle who lives with us until she decides to run away.
My wife and I have started a new blog called Making It Last Forever.
Stay Strong,
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Love the blog! Glad to see you using your God given talents to benefit the masses of African American families. Take care and continue God’s work!
Hi! I hope all is well. Are you based in DC? I don’t know if this is the right forum to ask this, but can you recommend some good daycares in DC for my 2.5 year old daughter?
Thanks for sharing my site. Tell them to leave comments and say hi!
Keep on blogging,
Meg
A strong family man. I love it!
Great blog , I can’t believe I hadn’t stumbled upon it before now. Keep up the great work!
Wow! What are the chances that you would follow me in Twitter, then I would follow you, visit your site, and find out that we are both Houstonians that have three wonderful kids. Whouda thunkit? Anyways, love the site, love the entries, love your outlook in so many different areas. So glad that we stumbled on one another. Keep ‘em coming and I’ll keep reading ‘em!
Thanks for visiting my blog-I hope the books by Lauren Winner are inspirational for you and/or family
Love the site and will be coming back to visit.
Hello! Thank you so much for paying me a visit @ Raising Chefs Dot Com. We really enjoyed your comment and your visit to the site. Please don’t let that be your first and only time coming by to say hello. We Texans have to stick together. Thank so much for sharing your blog home with us and we will be back soon! Take care and have a blessed weekend!
Latrice Fowler
Raising Chefs…not just good cooks!
hey there mocha dad! thanks so much for stopping my my site, i really appreciate that. your site is great, and i’m glad you’re out here blogging! stop by often, because i’ll be back!
Thanks for stopping by my blog… Yours is fabulous!
A blogging Dad… how cool!
Mocha dad, I appreciate your comment on my site and would love to be one of your expresso shots. I am new to blogging but don’t lack for enthusiam. I love your writing style and will make your blog a regular stop on my web rides. I am going to start listing favorite blogs on my site as well and would love to add yours as one of the first if that’s OK.
My blog is about fatherhood and parenting and features photos taken by kids. I hope to talk about raising African American children from a white man’s perspective at some point since my wife and both my daughter’s are black. My wife actually belonged at one point to a mom’s group called Mocha Moms.
Been looking for a solid blog dad,…… Im liking your site and you are currently my fav blog dad. Blogrolled! Take that to the 80s!
I stumbled here and can’t believe my luck. I tweeted your site recently and am currently sharing it with all the Dads I network with, and even some Mom’s! You have some very interesting ‘stuff’ here and I really enjoyed the taxi cab story. Keep up the good work!
Chris… Married to my best friend with three who are growing way too fast!
Maaaaaan. We were Roomates in DC. LOL Small world. Took me a while. I thought this was just a cool blog.
Awww…thanks for including me in your family–lol! Happy Holidays!!!
Your website definitely keeps one engaged. You have a great sense of humor and it’s a good way to mentor other men who need tips on how to be a good and involved dad. Marilyn
I just came to your site through Frugal, Freebies, and Deals. I appreciate your humor and excellent blog photography. Looks good, reads good.
Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate the feedback. Please come back again.
You are setting a great example!
i will like say that your website very great, i will be back soon,
abiola
hey man. stumbled on your site. awesome! way to go encouraging dads. check out my new book, A Dad-Sized Challenge – Building a Lifechanging Relationship with Your Son (www.dad-sizedchallenge.com). i speak to groups of men, encouraging them to be the dad their sons deserve.
all the best to you!
Jeff Kinley
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