“This magazine is long overdue. The cultures [Black and White] are so different, so it’s hard for me to listen to non-African-Americans on parenting skills.” — S. Cobbs, Argonne, IL
“Thank you for coming out with a magazine on Black parenting!” –Ms. Jackson, Philadelphia, PA
In 1993, we looked at 60 different parenting magazine covers and not one of them featured a child or parent of color, except for one that showed a mixed-race child. Barely one-out-of-60!
IT’S IMPORTANT BLACK CHILDREN SEE THEMSELVES IN MEDIA TOO
Just as seeing positive body images is for young girls, it is just as important for young Black children to see themselves in mainstream media. If fosters positive self-esteem and good citizenship.
“You can’t be what you can’t see,” therefore it’s important for children and parents to see themselves reflected in positive, successful images. – Janice Celeste, Editor-in-Chief
Click here to view the website at SuccessfulBlackParenting.com.
Your contribution helps us to get the ball rolling with the research and development needed to produce this magazine. This magazine is distributed for free to doctor’s offices and practitioners that work with Black children.
Successful Black Parenting magazine is the voice of the Black parent. At a time when Black lives aren’t valued and society sees our children as adults it’s important that any publication supporting this community, be an advocate for the community, and that’s what this magazine is all about.
We are launching with research and development. We started with a website to develop engaged followers, to find out what parents want to know, and how they want to receive information.
We can’t do this without your support. We won’t do this magazine without your support. It’s so important for us to have the community’s support.
This magazine is written by parents, for parents and your contribution helps to make this magazine a reality once again.
There’s always a risk with any business and we’re minimizing this risk by doing our research in advance of publishing a print magazine. Some people say print is dying but it’s not, it’s evolving. We are looking into printing on-demand for subscribers and printing our regular run for doctor’s offices and practitioners working with Black children and their parents.
WAIT! We recognize some people just can’t contribute, but that doesn’t mean you can’t HELP:
And that’s all there is to it. Remember just $5 can help. Hey, that’s like the price of a Happy Meal. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your participation. You made us happy!
“A parenting magazine created with our kids in mind . . . ”— Essence magazine