Black Children

Harriette Pipes McAdoo is a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University, Department of Family and Child Ecology.  Previously, she was Professor at Howard University in the School of Social Work and Visiting Lecturer at Smith College, the University of Washington, and the University of Minnesota.  She is a Director of the Groves Conference on Marriage and the Family; was a National Adviser to the President of the White House Conference on Families; was former President and Board Member of the National Council on Family Relations; and was a member of the Governing Council of the Society for Research in Child Development.  She was the first person honored by the National Council on Family Relations with the Marie Peters Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Leadership, and Service in the Area of Ethnic Minority Families.  Dr. McAdoo received her B.A. and M.A. from Michigan State University and her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, and she has done post-doctoral studies at Harvard University.  She has published on racial attitudes and self-esteem in young children, Black mobility patterns, coping strategies of single mothers, and professional Kenyan women and HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe.  She is editor of Black Children: Social, Educational, and Parental Environments, Second Edition (2002, SAGE) and Family Ethnicity: Strength in Diversity, Second Edition (1999, SAGE), as well as Young Families, Program Review, and Policy Recommendations.  She is coauthor of Women and Children, Alonge and in Poverty.  She has four children and four grandchildren.

"The authors are bold in addressingthe legacies of enslavement, racism, and the debilitating impact of economicexploitation at the individual, family, and community levels. BLACK CHILDREN moves us away from thetraditional comparisons of black and white children in the context ofEurocentric theoretical models as the context for the study of development. Theauthors create a basis for an African and African American theoreticalframework to guide future research, educational strategies, and community intervention."

• Foreword - A.G. Hilliard IIIPreface - H.P. McAdooPART I. PERSPECTIVES ON AFRICAN AMERICAN PARENTING1. The Dynamics of African American Fathers′ Family Roles - H.P. McAdoo & J.L. McAdoo2. Diverse Children of Color: Research and Policy Implications - H.P. McAdoo3. African American Grandmothers′ and Grandfathers′ Influence in the Value Socialization of Grandchildren - L. McWrightPART II. RACIAL MESSAGES4. The Village Talks: Racial Socialization of Our Children - H.P. McAdoo5. Racial Socialization of Young Black Children - M.F. Peters6. Racial Identity Development in African American Children: Cognitive and Experiential Antecedents - C.B. Murray & J. Mandara7. Racial Socialization Processes in Single-Mother Families: Linking Maternal Racial Identity, Parenting, and Racial Socialization in Rural, Single-Mother Families With Child Self-Worth and Self-Regulation - V.M. Murry & G.H. BrodyPART III. EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OF CHILDREN8. A Psychological and Educational Perspective on Black Parenting - A.J. Franklin et al.9. Family and Child Influences on Educational Attainment: A Secondary Analysis of the High/Scope Perry Preschool Data - T. Luster & H.P. McAdoo10. Sankofa Shule Spells Success for African American Children - S.W. Rivers & F.A. RiversPART IV. CONFLICT IN AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN11. Conflict Resolution Styles Among African American Children and Youth - A.O. Harrison-Hale12. Violent Crime, Race, and Black Children: Parenting and the Social Contract - B.E. Lawson & R.Sanders-LawsonIndexAbout the EditorAbout the Contributors