Parenting Decolonized is announcing the first-ever Parenting Decolonized Conference: Rona, Racism, and Radical Parenting from January 15-17. The free virtual event aims to teach parents how to be more intentional and conscious amidst the chaos of current-day societal realities – as well as everyday life – in order to raise liberated children. Registration is open now at https://www.parentingdecolonized.com/parentingconference.
Yolanda Williams, Founder of Parenting Decolonized, says this first-of-its-kind conference features more than 20 professional speakers on subjects including conscious parenting, child development, and mental health. She says this will provide participants with the right tools, a road map, and a safe gathering space for parents to recalibrate. “Parenting is hard,” she says, “Parenting while Black is even harder. Black parents right now are on the struggle bus, out of gas, running on fumes, tires balding, with the check engine light on.”
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The Farley family of Huntersville, N.C.: Exavious and Krishon with kids Emory, Ever, Early, Etta and Ellis (left to right).Credit.Cornell Watson for The New York Times
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The pandemic has tested parents’ limits, and for Black families 2020 has been especially crushing. Black people are dying from Covid-19 at two times the rate of their white peers. The recession has widened the gap between Black and white unemployment, with Black workers disproportionately facing permanent layoffs. And Black and Hispanic students are at greater risk of falling behind during this year’s academic upheaval.
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