Raising Black Boys in America: A Mother's Message

The PedsDocTalk Podcast

Dr. Mona Amin

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Parenting

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On this episode I welcome Thenedra Roots on Instagram as @raisingtherootsboys. We discuss the following and so much more!

Why she started Raising The Roots Boys
What it means to her raising Black boys in America today
The obvious differences she sees in the way her children are treated in society
Her biggest concern for her children's future
How non-black parents can support her and other Black parents in the parenting world
What she thinks we as parents can do to make our children's future more inclusive

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0:00.0	You are listening to Episode 80, A Mother's Message,
0:03.1	Raising Black Boys in America.
0:14.0	Welcome to this week's episode.
0:15.7	I am so excited to welcome the Nidra Roots.
0:19.4	She is a mother and creator of the Instagram handle,
0:22.8	Raising the Roots Boys.
0:24.2	And she's joining me for a series that I created on this podcast
0:28.6	called A Mother's Message, where I share perspectives
0:31.2	from mothers all over the world on raising their kids,
0:34.6	things that they're going through as mothers,
0:36.2	to share perspective.
0:37.6	Thank you so much for joining me today.
0:40.2	Thank you for having me.
0:41.5	I'm really excited to share my experience
0:44.6	and just to talk about kind of my journey
0:47.4	in what it's been like raising three Black boys in America
0:50.5	and soon to welcome the fourth.
0:53.1	Well, I'm so excited about this because we connected on social media
0:56.4	and I wanted to talk about, like I said,
0:58.4	a mother's message, raising Black boys in America.
1:01.6	Why did you start raising the Roots Boys?
1:04.6	Yeah, so initially I started it as an online journal diary
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