A Place to Belong

Celebrating Diversity and Kinship in the Home and Beyond

De: Amber O'Neal Johnston, Julie Bogart - introduction

Narrado por: Amber O'Neal Johnston

A guide for families of all backgrounds to celebrate cultural heritage and embrace inclusivity in the home and beyond.

Gone are the days when socially conscious parents felt comfortable teaching their children to merely tolerate others. Instead, they are looking for a way to authentically embrace the fullness of their diverse communities. A Place to Belong offers a path forward for families to honor their cultural heritage and champion diversity in the context of daily family life by:


• Fostering open dialogue around discrimination, race, gender, disability, and class
• Teaching “hard history” in an age-appropriate way
• Curating a diverse selection of books and media choices in which children see themselves and people who are different
• Celebrating cultural heritage through art, music, and poetry
• Modeling activism and engaging in community service projects as a family

Amber O’Neal Johnston, a homeschooling mother of four, shows parents of all backgrounds how to create a home environment where children feel secure in their own personhood and culture, enabling them to better understand and appreciate people who are racially and culturally different. A Place to Belong gives parents the tools to empower children to embrace their unique identities while feeling beautifully tethered to their global community.


* This audiobook contains a downloadable PDF of the family discussion guides from the book.

Wonderful Read?

This book helped me see through other's eyes. I was able to see their point of view and did not feel attacked. This book is Highly recommended and I will suggest it to many people in the future. Thank you!

An Excellent Read For Families of All Backgrounds

This is a beautiful, encouraging, inspiring, thought-provoking book. It is for anyone desiring to create a culture of belonging and invlusivity within their own family and community. This book is not geared toward any one group of people - all types of families can benefit from Amber's thoughtful, gracious, and passionate wisdom. The book is broken into sections that cover practical areas in our life that can we can work on to foster belonging and inclusivity. This book feels like listening to a friend and you can sense Amber's heart in what she shares.

A Total Gem

This book is a complete gem, choked full of hard truths, manageable tips for change, and life giving inspo. It is about building a diverse and inclusive home through action, not lip service.

A lot of ideas the author presented made me feel uncomfortable- but the good sort of uncomfortable. The “I’ve gotten too comfortable with patting myself on the back for my work and concern. It’s time to get uncomfortable again.”

Our family has already implemented some of the ideas in the book and I’m writing more into our curriculum for the upcoming year.

As a bonus, I love listening to books read by the author - there is a special connection for the listener. Amber O’Neal Johnston leapt from my Air Buds to my heart!

Read half, Listened to Half

My wife, a homeschool mom, has been following the work of Amber Johnson for a few years now. Amber has produced resources that have helped so many homeschool educators add diversity to their kids’ curriculum. “A Place To Belong” represents a compilation of these resources and more. My wife asked me to read the book, so I read half and then listened to the other half on Audible. Hearing the author read her own work helped me to connect with her passion for the subject.
I found the content of the book to be very helpful, but also fascinating. Amber not only explains the reasons for including diverse voices in the curriculum, but she also weaves her family’s personal story into the book. I could relate to her story being that I am also an African-American. What was particularly good about the book was its inclusion of practical suggestions and specific names of people, resources, and experiences that could be used to enhance learning. I found myself on many a rabbit trail googling and searching through YouTube for the recommendations made in the book.
As a dad who wants his kids to learn from and value and enjoy the richness of other cultures, I think this book is a useful tool. My hope is that homeschool, public school, and private school teachers alike will use it and steer their students in a healthy direction as it relates to diversity and inclusion.

Very practical!

This book is so timely and Amber is an excellent story teller. My husband and I both listened to this and I truly felt like she was speaking to our exact parenting struggles right now. We were raised to be “color blind” and want to raise our children differently. I appreciated the examples for answering the tough questions. And it was really great to not feel “preached” to. This was not a religious or faith based approach and was a very inclusive book. Thanks for writing this Amber!