Raising Black Children.Raising Black Children (a revised edition of Black Child Care, 1975) offers a stage-by-stage review of a child's development--from tot to teenager. It shows how black children can successfully navigate through a society that is often hostile to them to in order to grow up to pursue a positive life. Much of this book's counsel boils down to common sense from the distinguished Drs. James P. Comer, professor of psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center The Yale Child Study Center is a department at Yale University School of Medicine that brings together multiple disciplines to further the understanding of the problems of children and families. Hillary Clinton famously volunteered there while she was a student at Yale Law School. , and Alvin F. Poussaint Alvin Francis Poussaint (b. May 15, 1934 in New York City) is a noted professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and the author of numerous books on child psychiatry, with a particular focus on the raising of African American children. , professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. . Comer and Poussaint advise readers about a plethora of schoollife, play-life, home-life and "that's life" issues, including: adoption, biraciality, discipline, grooming and hygiene, illness, death, divorce and peer pressure. The sections on sexually transmitted diseases Sexually transmitted diseases Infections that are acquired and transmitted by sexual contact. Although virtually any infection may be transmitted during intimate contact, the term sexually transmitted disease is restricted to conditions that are largely and AIDS, prostitution, drugs and drug abuse, violence and crime are as sobering as the sections on careers and community involvement are encouraging. The fact that the bulk of the book flows in a Q&A format also highlights how ill-informed adults must be. Questions include: "My child bangs up all our furniture. Should I permit this?" "My 8-year-old hates girls. Will he be okay?" "Why is it important that my child be on time and have a good attendance record?" And, "Is bathing during menstruation menstruation, periodic flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in humans and most other primates, occurring about every 28 days in women. Menstruation commences at puberty (usually between age 10 and 17). harmful?" Raising Black Children will prove helpful for anyone who will be in charge of young black children. And those who aren't, take note: If you know parents too overwhelmed to read the book, do so for them and feed them the insights you gain; or if you know nonblack non·black or non-Black or non-black n. A person who is not Black. non·black  adj. teachers, social workers or counselors who sincerely want to do the right thing by the black children with whom they deal, tell them about the book--or treat them to a copy.
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