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Parent Like It Matters
How to Raise Joyful, Change-Making Girls
1 of 1 copy available
“A powerful resource for caregivers trying to raise courageous girls . . . It’s my go-to and my how-to.”—Kwame Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of Light for the World to See
Renowned sociologist Dr. Janice Johnson Dias has devoted her life to nurturing and training girls to become change-makers—whether through her investment in her daughter Marley’s humanitarian projects or through her work with the GrassROOTS Community Foundation’s “SuperCamp.” In these unprecedented times, her work has never been more urgent, as parents find themselves asking: How do we teach our children to change the world?
Dr. Johnson Dias knows that self-realized girls are created through intentional parenting. And so she asks parents to make deliberate choices—from babyhood through adolescence—that will give their girls the resources and foundation to take hold of their own futures and to create sustainable social change.
Unlike other parenting experts, Dr. Johnson Dias doesn’t urge parents to focus solely on their children. Instead, she tasks them with a personal challenge: to find their own joy. Just as Dr. Johnson Dias brings her own jubilant passion to parenting, mentoring, and teaching, she inspires caregivers to do the same.
Using cutting-edge research and Dr. Johnson Dias’s own experiences, Parent Like It Matters offers information and strategies for making discussions of racism and sexism a daily practice, identifying heroes and mentors, educating yourselves together, and uncovering your girl’s passions and what issues drive her the most.
Parenting is enormous work; it can be as overwhelming as it is fulfilling. Within the pages of Parent Like It Matters, parents will find the invaluable tools they need to raise resilient, optimistic girls who determine for themselves what their world will look like.
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March 2, 2021 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781984819635
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781984819635
- File size: 1334 KB
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Languages
- English
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Starred review from February 1, 2021
Professor, scholar, and leader of the GrassROOTS Community Foundation SuperCamp for Girls, Johnson Dias's goal is to show girls that their potential is greater than their personal circumstances. Parents are the chief resource in coaching daughters to dream big and live out their ambitions. The SuperCamp's goal is to create a sense of adventure and persistent spirit in girls in an environment where they feel safe and secure. Understanding their family and culture gives adolescents a secure baseline to help them understand and appreciate their self-worth. To matter is a universal human need, and both parent and child benefit from the process and the outcome of raising girls who are critical thinkers and change-makers. While exploring some of the values taught at SuperCamp and how they can be applied in parenting, the author also includes assignments that build values such as make a mirror with your daughter that reflects her and cover the frame with adjectives that describe her; add a volunteering activity to your calendar each month (ideas provided); and make a profile list of the ideal friend. VERDICT This recommended title has insights and practical tips for raising change-making girls.
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