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Child Discipline in African American Families

Culturally Responsive Policies

Carla Adkison-Johnson

In Child Discipline in African American Families, Carla Adikison-Johnson provides a contextual understanding of African American disciplinary practices, giving clinicians, child welfare professionals, and legal professionals a framework to better define what is reasonable and functional when addressing child rearing concerns with African American parents. Highlighting numerous sources, cases, narratives, and data, Adkison-Johnson debunks the theory that spanking is the preferred method of child discipline for African American parents and provides new insights into how African American parents grapple with establishing parenting goals and child behavior expectations in a society that is often hostile toward African American children. Accompanied by the perspectives of a seasoned trial lawyer, the arguments in this book are brought to life, enabling readers to witness how child rearing concerns can play out in a real-world context.

Lexington Books

Pages: 134 • Trim: 6½ x 9

978-1-7936-2093-4 • Hardback • February 2021 • $90.00 • (£69.00)

978-1-7936-2094-1 • eBook • February 2021 • $45.00 • (£35.00)

Subjects: Psychology / Social Psychology, Education / Counseling / General, Psychology / Developmental / Child

Child Discipline in African American Families

Culturally Responsive Policies

Hardback

eBook

Summary

Summary

In Child Discipline in African American Families, Carla Adikison-Johnson provides a contextual understanding of African American disciplinary practices, giving clinicians, child welfare professionals, and legal professionals a framework to better define what is reasonable and functional when addressing child rearing concerns with African American parents. Highlighting numerous sources, cases, narratives, and data, Adkison-Johnson debunks the theory that spanking is the preferred method of child discipline for African American parents and provides new insights into how African American parents grapple with establishing parenting goals and child behavior expectations in a society that is often hostile toward African American children. Accompanied by the perspectives of a seasoned trial lawyer, the arguments in this book are brought to life, enabling readers to witness how child rearing concerns can play out in a real-world context.

Details

Details

Lexington Books

Pages: 134 • Trim: 6½ x 9

978-1-7936-2093-4 • Hardback • February 2021 • $90.00 • (£69.00)

978-1-7936-2094-1 • eBook • February 2021 • $45.00 • (£35.00)

Subjects: Psychology / Social Psychology, Education / Counseling / General, Psychology / Developmental / Child

Author

Author

Carla Adkison-Johnson is professor and interim chairperson for the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology at Western Michigan University.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Historical and Present Research on African American Child Discipline
Chapter Two: Disciplinary Practices of African American Mothers
Chapter Three: The Disciplinary Practices of African American Fathers
Chapter Four: Forging a United Front: Mothers and Fathers Working Together
Chapter Five: Culturally Responsive Service Delivery: Implications for Clinicians and Child Protective Service Workers
Chapter Six: Addressing Child Discipline in Court: Perspective from a Trial Lawyer
Chapter Seven: Recommendations and Implications for Future Research, Training, and Practice

Reviews

Reviews

This book offers readers and professionals an in-depth understanding of the importance of culturally competent processes that do not further mitigate African American parents to be deemed as unfit. . . . I would purchase this book and recommend it to others, because (it) helps reframe the way we look at African American parenting, challenging our biases as professionals. . . . This was an informative, detailed, thought-provoking, and enlightening read!

— Thomas A. Vance, The New School

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