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The Burnout We Can’t Talk About: Parent Burnout

By Robyn Koslowitz Ph.D. — 2019

New research demonstrates parental burnout has serious consequences. As defined by the study, burnout is an exhaustion syndrome, characterized by feeling overwhelmed, physical and emotional exhaustion, emotional distancing from one’s children, and a sense of being an ineffective parent.

Read on www.psychologytoday.com

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We Went to a Support Group for Black People in America

Alzo Slade participates in an “Emotional Emancipation Circle,” an Afrocentric support group created by the Community Healing Network and the Association of Black Psychologists. It’s a safe space for Black people to share personal experiences with racism and to process racial trauma.

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First and Only: A Black Woman’s Guide to Thriving at Work and in Life

As Black women, we have to work twice as hard to be perceived as half as skilled. We have to work until August of this year to earn what a white man made by last December. We are besieged by racist and sexist bullying online.

Jennifer R. Farmer

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Racism at Work: The Danger of Indifference

Racism has not been eradicated, despite the enormous strides taken over the past fifty years. It has mutated into new and subtler forms and has found new ways to survive. The racism in organisations today is not characterised by hostile abuse and threatening behaviour.

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The Strong Black Woman: How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women (African American Studies)

Meet Black women who have learned through hard lessons the importance of self-care and how to break through the cultural and family resistance to seeking therapy and professional mental health care.

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A Burst of Light and Other Essays

This path-breaking collection of essays is a clarion call to build communities that nurture our spirit. Lorde announces the need for a radical politics of intersectionality while struggling to maintain her own faith as she wages a battle against liver cancer.

Audre Lorde, Sonia Sanchez (foreword)

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How to Speak to Your Children About Racism with Allison Briscoe-Smith

CGTN's Asieh Namdar spoke to Allison Briscoe-Smith, director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Wright Institute, on how to speak to children about racism.

Allison Briscoe-Smith

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Parenting in Support of Black Lives: How to Build a Just Future for Kids (and How Media Can Help)

Through 400 years of systemic oppression and racism, our nation has failed to protect and value Black children and families.

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How to Resolve Racially Stressful Situations—Howard C. Stevenson

If we hope to heal the racial tensions that threaten to tear the fabric of society apart, we’re going to need the skills to openly express ourselves in racially stressful situations. Through racial literacy—the ability to read, recast and resolve these situations—psychologist Howard C.

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Family First with FOX43: Racism and Discrimination Impacts on Mental Health

The Black Lives Matter movement is one of the largest this country has ever seen. How can parents use it to talk to their children about racism in America?

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How to Model Anti-Racism for Children - A Parent's Guide on Race & Racism - PBS KIDS for Parents

Being anti-racist means talking about race and racism with the understanding that all the racial groups are equals. Dr. Renee Wilson-Simmons, Executive Director of the ACE Awareness Foundation, explains why standing up when racism happens is important.

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