As seen on PBS’s POV

An unprecedented guideline to helping black boys become successful at every stage of their lives-at home, at school, and in the world

Regardless of how rich or poor their parents are, all black kids must confront and surmount the “achievement difference”: a divide that shows up not merely in our sons’ test scores, but in their public and emotional advancement, their physical well-being, and their outlook on life. As children, they score as on top of cognitive testing as their about Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to achieve School and in Lifestyle peers, but sooner or later, the space emerges. Why?

This is actually the query Joe Brewster, M.D., and Michèle Stephenson asked when their very own son, Idris, started struggling in a new school. As they filmed his experiences because of their award-winning documentary American Promise, they met a range of researchers who hadn’t only identified the reason why for the distance, but had produce practical, innovative solutions to close it. In Guarantees Kept, they explain

• how to impact your son’s human brain before he’s also born

• how exactly to tell the difference between authoritarian and authoritative discipline-and why it issues

• how exactly to create an educational plan for your child that fits his needs

• how exactly to prepare him for explicit and implicit racism in college and in the wider globe

• how to help your child develop resilience, self-discipline, emotional intelligence, and an optimistic outlook that may last an eternity

Filled with innovative research, practical strategies, and the voices of parents and kids who are grappling with these problems firsthand, Guarantees Kept will problem your assumptions and motivate you to be sure your son or daughter isn’t lost in the space.

Praise for Guarantees Kept

“The authors provide a variety of info and advice geared toward the specific developmental requirements of black boys . . Thorough and comprehensive, this guidebook can be a call to action. As Brewster views it, when folks of color stay complacent, they not only break a tacit promise to future generations to achieve public equity, they also imperil the futures of both nation and the earth. A practical and impassioned parenting guidebook.”-Kirkus Reviews

“A penetrating go through the standard practices, at school and in the home, that donate to the achievement gap between the races as well as the sexes that appears to put black guys at a drawback. [Brewster and Stephenson] debunk misconceptions and provide ten parenting and education ways of improve the prospects for black young boys to greatly help them overcome racial stereotypes and low objectives. . . . That is a useful and insightful go through the particular problems of raising dark males.”-Booklist