Black Youth: Incarceration in Louisiana By: Lakischa Smith In Louisiana, children as young as 10 years-old are being detained in adult prisons. A new report reveals that Louisiana is putting more kids behind bars than any other state, many for offenses like truancy and running away from home. According to...
Category: Our Kids
Setting Black Kids up for Success in Life: 10 Steps to Building Self Confidence
Imagine a Black child who is told they are "too Black" or "not Black enough." Imagine that same Black child being told or made to feel they are not good enough to be an athlete, musician, scholar or artist. These messages can crush the self-confidence of any person. In this...
Why Environmental Health Matters to the Future of Black Children
In this article, I am going to be discussing why environmental health matters to the future of Black children. Environmental Health is a huge issue for low-income communities and black communities in particular. This is because there are more chemical facilities near these areas that can cause serious issues like...
Checklist Before Accepting an ADHD Diagnosis of the Black Child
As many of us already know, ADHD was originally viewed as a "white kid" disorder. It hasn't been until recent that ADHD and learning disabilities has become a more prominent diagnosis in the Black child and surprisingly even researchers claim they don't know why our children are now taking the...
Raising Conscious Black Children
Let me just say this; raising conscious Black children is a must if we want to help create a better world for our communities. We can not raise our own children to turn a blind eye in the same manner so many white parents have in the face of systemic...
Protect your Child’s Energy
In this seemingly newfound age of self-care and self-awareness, we need to make sure that our attention is not being diverted from the energy of our children. The stone-cold fact about energy is that it does not lie and there is no age on who it came impact. Sometimes as...
Raising Black Kings and Queens with High Self Esteem
Raising Black Kings and Queens with High Self Esteem Growing up my self esteem was slim to none. I never felt pretty being a dark skin girl. Whenever I saw images or reflections of dark skin women it was almost always in a negative light. I always thought light skin...
Take Pride in that Natural Hair Girl!
Set the Example, by Rocking and Loving your Natural Hair Times are changing ladies! We are in a new era where many black women are tossing the weaves and perms to the side; and rocking with their natural hairstyles...again. Thank goodness! The very act of tossing those extensions and "creamy...
Raising Black Kids in America
Raising Black Kids in America Living in America, it is difficult to raise any kid but raising black kids in America is even more difficult. When you are born into this world, black kids are born with an automatic societal stereotype. America has never been good to black people as...
Is the New Orleans Public School System doing Enough?
Is the New Orleans Public School System doing Enough? Over the years the New Orleans Public School System has had its ups and downs. We have seen a number of school superintendents come and go with little to no changes. For years, students have suffered from too many greedy hands...