Teaching Black Youth (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781502389596)

Seeds for a Happy and Thriving life are in each human's birth-gift of Selfhood Greatness. Failure to cultivates its Spiritual Elements--i.e. Unconditional Love, Truth, Reality and the Natural-causes "Broken Black Brains" in all Black American youth--e.g. the ambitious, Athletes, "Street / Gangs, In-mates/Probation, and the "Special". Resultant deficient Spiritual and Physical human nature needs generate every conceivable "acting ugly" and "bottomless pit" self-defeating lifestyle. Using Ancient Africans' Affect Symbolic Imagery and African Dialectic methods, "Teaching Black Youth" focuses on how to reconnect with and cultivate Spiritual Elements and Selfhood Greatness as foundational to a sound Private Selfhood. Then comes developing good character and a healthy Self-Esteem in order to enable youth to discover and perfect what it takes to "Be Right," "Recognize Right," "Do Right,""Make Things Right," and 'Defend the Right". After possessing a mature Private Selfhood, teaching is directed to youth's Public Selfhood so as to thrive in family, the marketplace, socially, and life's other aspects. To these ends, fashioning Human Ideal life goals for youth are modeled after Nature-the home of God's Laws and a prime source of human's wisdom. Suggestions are given to Mothers, Fathers, Teachers, Mentors, and Caregivers pertaining to Bonding, Child-rearing, Validation, Teaching, Educating, Instructing, Training, Guiding, Urging, Correcting, Preparation, and "Stopping the Violence."

Author: Facs Joseph a. Bailey II MD
ISBN-10: 1502389592
ISBN-13: 9781502389596
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 11/22/2014
Pages: 506
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.56lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 1.02d