Smart Parenting for African Americans: Helping Your Kids Thrive in a Difficult World

African American children face many imposing threats in today's world -- academic failure, drugs, gangs, irresponsible sex, and attraction to crime, among others. For the parents of these children, it takes knowledge, effort, and caring to effectively deal with such tough issues.

In "Smart Parenting for African Americans," Dr. Jeffrey Gardere takes an honest look at the problems children face and stresses the importance of strong parent-child communication for fostering self-esteem.

He also provides the tools parents need to give their sons and daughters a head start in the earliest years, help them get the most out of school, and cope with the turbulent teens. Plus there's sobering advice on keeping children safe from sexual predators and on handling a confrontation with the police.

Here is a sensitive, no-nonsense approach to raising black children that will show parents how to be a source of support, love, and protection for their kids -- giving them the foundation they need to flourish for the rest of their lives.