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by Howard Stevenson (Author), Gwendolyn Davis (Author), Saburah Abdul-Kabir (Author)
Stickin' To, Watchin' Over, and Gettin' With provides the guidance you need to protect your children from racist hostility while at the same time teaching them character and responsibility. Just as important, the book also shows how to discipline your children in a way that does not rely on spanking or other forms of painful coercion. Written by three African American educators, counselors, and parents, this book outlines an effective program for raising and disciplining your children.
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Stickin' To, Watchin' Over, and Gettin' With provides the guidance you need to protect your children from racist hostility while at the same time teaching them character and responsibility. Just as important, the book also shows how to discipline your children in a way that does not rely on spanking or other forms of painful coercion. Written by three African American educators, counselors, and parents, this book outlines an effective program for raising and disciplining your children:
Stickin' To-- Offer your kids unconditional love and support.
Watchin' Over-- Give children loving supervision and protection.
Gettin' With-- Show youngsters loving confrontation and accountability.
The authors also show how using their Cultural Pride Reinforcement (CPR) method can create a sense of pride in your children and help you develop a village of loving and supportive family members, ministers, teachers, coaches, mentors, and elders.
Author Biography
Howard C. Stevenson -- a father of a preteen son-- is an associateprofessor of education in the School, Community, and Child ClinicalPsychology program in the graduate school of education, psychologyin education division at the University of Pennsylvania.
Gwendolyn Davis is a postdoctoral research fellow at theUniversity of Pennsylvania. She has more than fifteen yearsexperience working with children and families.
Saburah Abdul-Kabir is the community research coordinator of theCOPE (Community Outreach through Parent Empowerment) project at theUniversity of Pennsylvania. She is a wife and the mother of sixchildren.
