Faculty publication: Parenting While Black and Positive Black Youth Development

In their recently published study, James P. Huguley, Kyndra C. Cleveland, Cecily D. Davis, Rachelle H. Haynik, and Ming-Te Wang spotlight a promising strengths-based parenting intervention for families of color.

Check out ‘Parenting While Black: Promising Results from a Strengths-Based Parent Intervention Supporting African American Families’, a new study from James P. Huguley, Kyndra C. Cleveland, Cecily D. Davis, Rachelle H. Haynik, and Ming-Te Wang. The study outlines a strengths-based intervention for families of color that emphasizes positive racial identity development for youth and gives families coping skills to mitigate the impacts of racism in their daily lives.

Key Insights:

  • The importance of proactively facilitating the development of positive racial identity for youth of color
  • How to enhance youth and parents’ ability to cope with structural and interpersonal discrimination
  • Best practices for navigating oppressive school contexts and for co-constructing solutions with peers.

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