Raising Resilient Kids: Black Mothers' Discipline Strategies

Disciplining children is an essential part of motherhood, and the methods used vary across cultures and families. Black mothers often face pressures to carefully examine their approaches due to stereotypes that portray them as overly strict or controlling.

he reality is that research has found Black mothers' discipline approaches often center discussion and intertwine cultural values and historical experiences. This episode features Dr. Carla Adkison-Johnson, a Professor in the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology at Western Michigan University. She is the current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, the official journal of the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD), a division of the American Counseling Association. Her 2021 book, African American Child Discipline: Culturally Responsive Policies critically examines the child disciplinary practices of African American mothers and fathers with school age children in the home.

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