This is a review for a book called Raising Confident Black Kids: A Comprehensive Guide for Empowering Parents and Teachers of Black Children (Teaching Resource, Gift For Parents, Adolescent Psychology) which I received to review. The thoughts in this review is mine and my families no, one else.
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I would like to share a new Author for Black History Month: Meet Author M.J. Fievre and her book Raising Confident Black Kids. This is a book every adult and child should read.
| February is Black Month or (Black History Month), I would like to ask you to support brilliant Black authors! Charlie and I will be learning about the amazing, untold stories of Black Americans who have changed history in our Homeschool Classes. We will garner priceless advice from the people who have been there. Learn life skills from experts in their fields. While sharing empowering books that highlight black excellence and feel will fit for black history month. Come celebrate Black Americans this February and beyond. Disclosure: If you buy books inside this post, the company may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookshops. |
I believe all children should be raised confidently but during this time of we need to make sure children of all races are taken care of and treated fairly. Keeping them safe and helping them grow up to be the person the LORD wants them to be is key.
Which is why I couldn’t wait to read Raising Confident Black Kids. Once I finished reading Raising Confident Black Kids I shared the book with David and Charlie.
Before I knew it Charlie had finished the book and was sharing it with his best friend which made me feel good. As I heard Charlie telling his friends why he liked the book and thought kids should read it in school.
My family was able to sit down and discuss how black and white children are different but the same. As well as sharing traditions and foods each Race eats.
About:
How to Raise Black Kids in a Racist World
Raising Confident Black Kids includes everything Black and multi-racial families need to know to raise empowered, confident children.
From the realities of living while Black to age-appropriate ways to discuss racism with your children, educator M.J. Fievre provides a much-needed resource for parents of Black kids everywhere.
It’s hard to balance protecting your child’s innocence with preparing them for the realities of Black life.
When―and how―do you approach racism with your children? How do you protect their physical and mental health while also preparing them for a country full of systemic racism?
On the heels of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria and “Multiplication Is for White People” comes a parenting book specifically for parents of Black kids.
Now, there’s a guide to help you teach your kids how to thrive―even when it feels like the world is against them.
From racial profiling and police encounters to the whitewashed lessons of history taught in schools, raising Black kids is no easy feat. In Raising Confident Black Kids, teacher M.J. Fievre passes on the tips and guidance that have helped her educate her Black students, including:
- How to encourage creativity and build self-confidence in your kids
- Ways to engage in activism and help build a safer community with and for your children―and ways to rest when you need to
- How to explain systemic racism, intersectionality, and micro-aggressions
If you found guidance and inspiration from books like The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health, Mother to Son, or Breathe, you’ll love Raising Confident Black Kids.
About M.J. Fievre
Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, M.J. Fievre moved to the United States in 2002. She currently writes from Miami.
M.J.’s publishing career began as a teenager in Haiti. At nineteen years-old, she signed her first book contract with Hachette-Deschamps, in Haiti, for the publication of a Young Adult book titled La Statuette Maléfique.
Since then, M.J. has authored nine books in French that are widely read in Europe and the French Antilles. In 2013, One Moore Book released M.J.’s first children’s book, I Am Riding, written in three languages: English, French, and Haitian Creole.
In 2015, Beating Windward Press published M.J.’s memoir, A Sky the Color of Chaos, about her childhood in Haiti during the brutal regime of Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
M.J. Fievre is the author of Happy, Okay? Poems about Anxiety, Depression, Hope, and Survival (Books & Books Press, 2019) and Badass Black Girl: Questions, Quotes, and Affirmations for Teens (Mango Publishing, 2020).
She helps others write their way through trauma, build community and create social change. She works with veterans, disenfranchised youth, cancer patients and survivors, victims of domestic and sexual violence, minorities, the elderly, those with chronic illness or going through transition and any underserved population in need of writing as a form of therapy–even if they don’t realize that they need writing or therapy.
A long-time educator and frequent keynote speaker (Tufts University, Massachusetts; Howard University, Washington, D.C.; the University of Miami, Florida; and Michael College, Vermont; and a panelist at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, AWP), M.J. is available for book club meetings, podcast presentations, interviews and other author events.
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Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
