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Child, pleaseYlonda Gault Caviness

Child, please

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"We are different--white moms and me. Very different. More or less kindred as women, but as mothers we are disparate souls. Snaps and cusses of Twitter-trending 'Stuff black moms say' don't even scratch the surface." --from Child, Please In this wise and funny memoir, Ylonda Gault Caviness describes her journey to the realization that all the parenting advice she was obsessively devouring as a new parent (and sharing with the world as a parenting expert on NPR, Today, in The Huffington Post, and elsewhere) didn't mean scratch compared to her mama's old school wisdom as a strong black woman…

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2 editions
  • Other · English · 2016
    Penguin Publishing Group · 9781101983225
  • Other · English · 2015
    300 pages · 9780399169960
ParentingAfrican American mothersAfrican American childrenChild rearingAfrican american childrenAfrican american women