Black Children

This revision of a respected volume collects current empirical research unique to the experiences and situations of black children and their parents. As the editor emphasizes, "African American children develop a duality for their existence. To be fully functional, they must develop the skills to do well simultaneously in two different cultures, both black and non-black." This volume explores the meaning of this duality in four distinct environments: socioeconomic, parental, internal, and educational. The complex picture that results explodes many of the myths that surround black childhood development. Taken together, the entries in this volume provide valuable information for those who are concerned about the optimal growth and development of Black children. Features//Benefits: * A theme of resiliency-that black children can and do thrive despite being surrounded by an array of risk factors-underscores positive aspects of black child development while not neglecting the potential for negative and detrimental development.The goal is to avoid presenting Black children in the light of either negative or positive stereotypes, but to highlight the complexities and diversities of the Black American experience. * Entries present empirical and conceptual studies to provide real-life databased analyses of the lives of African American children in an attempt to offset stereotypical views too often perpetuated within the child development literature. * Entries are grouped into four thematic units to reflect the significant environments within the lives of Black children: Perspectives of African American Parenting, Racial Messages, Educational Environments of Children, and Conflict in African American Children. New to This Edition: * The Second Edition has been updated with new entries reflecting new research, contemporary theory, and modern interventions. New chapters on social settings explore how violence is becoming a much more significant element in the environments in which children live.

ISBN 076192003X   Pages 260 ISBN13 9780761920038 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher SAGE Publications Inc   Weight (grammes) 386 Imprint SAGE Publications Inc   Published in Thousand Oaks Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780803924628 Publication date 23 Oct 2001   Height (mm) 229 Non-book description xvi, 240 p. :   Width (mm) 152 Library of Congress 2001002219   Spine width (mm) 14 DEWEY 305.2308996073   Academic level Tertiary education DEWEY edition DC21

		Foreword by Asa G. Hilliard III
		Preface by Harriette Pipes McAdoo
Pt. I		Perspectives on African American Parenting
1		The Dynamics of African American Fathers' Family Roles by Harriette Pipes McAdoo and John L. McAdoo		3
2		Diverse Children of Color: Research and Policy Implications by Harriette Pipes McAdoo		13
3		African American Grandmothers' and Grandfathers' Influence in the Value Socialization of Grandchildren by Linda McWright		27
Pt. II		Racial Messages
4		The Village Talks: Racial Socialization of Our Children by Harriette Pipes McAdoo		47
5		Racial Socialization of Young Black Children by Marie Ferguson Peters		57
6		Racial Identity Development in African American Children: Cognitive and Experiential Antecedents by Carolyn Bennett Murray and Jelani Mandara		73
7		Racial Socialization Processes in Single-Mother Families: Linking Maternal Racial Identity, Parenting, and Racial Socialization in Rural, Single-Mother Families With Child Self-Worth and Self-Regulation by Velma McBride Murry and Gene H. Brody		97
Pt. III		Educational Environments of Children
8		A Psychological and Educational Perspective on Black Parenting by Anderson J. Franklin and Nancy Boyd-Franklin and Charlene V. Draper		119
9		Family and Child Influences on Educational Attainment: A Secondary Analysis of the High/Scope Perry Preschool Data by Tom Luster and Harriette Pipes McAdoo		141
10		Sankofa Shule Spells Success for African American Children by Shariba W. Rivers and Freya A. Rivers		175
Pt. IV		Conflict in African American Children
11		Conflict Resolution Styles Among African American Children and Youth by Algea O. Harrison-Hale		193
12		Violent Crime, Race, and Black Children: Parenting and the Social Contract by Bill E. Lawson and Renee Sanders-Lawson		207
		Index		221
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"The authors are bold in addressing the legacies of enslavement, racism, and the debilitating impact of economic exploitation at the individual, family, and community levels. BLACK CHILDREN moves us away from the traditional comparisons of black and white children in the context of Eurocentric theoretical models as the context for the study of development. The authors create a basis for an African and African American theoretical framework to guide future research, educational strategies, and community intervention." -- Barbara M. Newman

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