We are 145 years removed from the plantation and yet we cling to archaic and harmful behaviors that are being transmitted from one generation to the next. African Americans keep extending the master’s lash each time we strike a black child. And most times that I see a mother hitting, yanking, or cussing at a child in a store or on the subway, her behavior has nothing to do with racism and everything to do with her own anger and frustration, bad parenting skills, and what was done to her as a child. Now is the time to begin a serious national dialogue about how we can break the chains of self-destruction and begin to consider healthier, non-violent childrearing practices. We don’t need to hit black children to protect them from the big bad white man. Most of the violence they experience is from the hands of other black people. Before they enter schools, encounter police officers or gangs, too many are conditioned to be helpless victims or angry perpetrators of violence. Let’s drop the rod and spare the child now.... This is powerful and true! Its time to progress to non-violent parenting. Www.losingcontrolbook
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:51:21 +0000
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