About this episode
This episode provides parenting advice on dilemmas related to race, featuring insights from various experts.
Parenting is one of the toughest jobs in the world. Between choosing a neighborhood to live in or whether to send your kid to public school, there are a lot of decisions that feel high stakes — and sticky, especially when it comes to race. We're here to help. This week we're digging into our archives to bring you some parenting advice around some of the parenting-and-race dilemmas our listeners have faced. This episode features advice from Cassandra Harewood, child and adolescent psychiatrist, Amy Stuart Wells, professor emeritus of sociology and education at Teachers College at Columbia University, Jenn Jackson, professor of political science at Syracuse University focusing on Blackness and gender, Mark Anthony Neal, professor of African & African American Studies at Duke University, and Gigliana Melzi, associate professor of applied psychology at New York University. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
People in this episode
Guests: Cassandra Harewood, Amy Stuart Wells, Jenn Jackson, Mark Anthony Neal, Gigliana Melzi
Topics covered
- parenting
- race
- education
- child development
- sociology
- advice
Keywords
- parenting advice
- race dilemmas
- child psychiatrist
- sociology
- Blackness
- gender
- education
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NPR, Teachers College at Columbia University, Syracuse University, Duke University, New York University
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