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35 Books in the FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General Category

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How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family’s Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family’s Story of Hope and Survival in the American South
How to Raise an Antiracist

How to Raise an Antiracist
Celebrate Your Body (and Its Changes, Too!): The Ultimate Puberty Book for Girls

Celebrate Your Body (and Its Changes, Too!): The Ultimate Puberty Book for Girls
Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won’t Save Black America

Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won’t Save Black America
Surviving Parenting in the 21st Century: Have You Seen My Innocence

Surviving Parenting in the 21st Century: Have You Seen My Innocence
Go De Rass To Sleep: (A Jamaican Translation)

Go De Rass To Sleep: (A Jamaican Translation)
Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life

Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life
Raising Your Daughter Through the Joys, Tears &

Raising Your Daughter Through the Joys, Tears &
Co-Parenting 101: Helping Your Kids Thrive in Two Households After Divorce

Co-Parenting 101: Helping Your Kids Thrive in Two Households After Divorce
Do I Look Like an ATM?: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Financially Responsible African American Children

Do I Look Like an ATM?: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Financially Responsible African American Children
Mixed Like Me

Mixed Like Me
I Hate Muscular Dystrophy Loving A Child With A Life-Altering Disease

I Hate Muscular Dystrophy Loving A Child With A Life-Altering Disease
The Purpose of Boys: Helping Our Sons Find Meaning, Significance, and Direction in Their Lives

The Purpose of Boys: Helping Our Sons Find Meaning, Significance, and Direction in Their Lives
Goony Goo-Goo And Ga-Ga Too

Goony Goo-Goo And Ga-Ga Too
A Brighter Day: How Parents Can Help African American Youth

A Brighter Day: How Parents Can Help African American Youth

Take Back Your Family: How To Raise Respectful And Loving Kids In A Dysfunctional World

Take Back Your Family: How To Raise Respectful And Loving Kids In A Dysfunctional World
Take Back Your Family: A Challenge to America’s Parents

Take Back Your Family: A Challenge to America’s Parents
Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After A Lifetime Of Ambivalence

Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After A Lifetime Of Ambivalence
Raising Black Boys

Raising Black Boys
Becoming Dad: Black Men And The Journey To Fatherhood

Becoming Dad: Black Men And The Journey To Fatherhood
Chess For Success: Using An Old Game To Build New Strengths In Children And Teens

Chess For Success: Using An Old Game To Build New Strengths In Children And Teens
Li’l PerSOULnalities: A Children’s Book For Parents and Teachers

Li’l PerSOULnalities: A Children’s Book For Parents and Teachers
Smart Parenting For African-Americans: Helping Your Kids Thrive in a Difficult World

Smart Parenting For African-Americans: Helping Your Kids Thrive in a Difficult World
Guide My Feet: Prayers and Meditations for Our Children

Guide My Feet: Prayers and Meditations for Our Children
Boys Into Men: Raising Our African American Teenage Sons

Boys Into Men: Raising Our African American Teenage Sons
Racism Explained to My Daughter

Racism Explained to My Daughter
Becoming Dad: Black Men and the Journey to Fatherhood

Becoming Dad: Black Men and the Journey to Fatherhood
The Black Parenting Book: Caring for Our Children in the First Five Years

The Black Parenting Book: Caring for Our Children in the First Five Years
Family First: Winning the Parenting Game

Family First: Winning the Parenting Game
Having Your Baby: For the Special Needs of Black Mothers-To-Be, from Conception to Newborn Care

Having Your Baby: For the Special Needs of Black Mothers-To-Be, from Conception to Newborn Care
Tough Love: Cultural Criticism & Familial Observations on the Life and Death of Tupac Shakur

Tough Love: Cultural Criticism & Familial Observations on the Life and Death of Tupac Shakur
Saving Our Sons: Raising Black Children in a Turbulent World

Saving Our Sons: Raising Black Children in a Turbulent World
Raising Black Children

Raising Black Children
Fatherhood

Fatherhood
Developing Positive Self-Images & Discipline in Black Children

Developing Positive Self-Images & Discipline in Black Children