Opinion: Parents, let kids know they're great
Editor's note: Marsha Sampson Johnson advocates for full inclusion of women and people of color in all work environments in her work as a writer and speaker. She is a retired senior executive from a Fortune 500 company and has held a variety of executive positions, including in talent management, human resources and corporate diversity.
By Marsha Johnson, Special to CNN
(CNN) - Kudos to the Department of Education for a new study documenting that black students, especially boys, receive much harsher discipline than other students in public schools. Many black people would tell you they knew this already, but it generally takes data for institutional change to occur.
The coverage of the study in The New York Times last week got me thinking about what needs to be done. While we must attack the problem on multiple fronts, one part of the solution will not be found in scholarly journals or five-point plans. It is sleeping deep in our histories and needs to be awakened and put to work.
It is the communal love of our children. Not just one or two of us doing it, and not just when it is convenient or our children are behaving and excelling. Children in trouble need caring and confidence-building now - right now.
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I love books of this type and so does my husband. Sometimes we read them tohetger outloud. I'd love to win this. It helps pass the time away as we travel and we are going to be travelling in a little less than a month. This looks like one that will keep our eyes open!
be nice to the nigglettes
sure stroke their egos to the point where peter is playing with barbies while in a pink tutu.when peter throws a hissy fit because american taxpayers object to paying for his gender reassignment therapy and hormone therapy i will say earn it yourself peter puffer.