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What You’re Up Against

In our community, we understand the beauty of multi-generational families, and, if you’re like me, you’re super tight with your grandparents, your aunties and uncles, and many other members of your extended families.

Many of our Black families are non-traditional in structure. For example, 70 percent of all Black children are raised in single-parent households. And this number gets us a lot of bad press.

The high number of single-parent families in the Black community is caused by many different problems. What do you think some are? How does growing up with one parent or guardian make things different for kid? What kind of community or family support would make it easier for these families to do well?

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AFFIRMATION: Today is going to be an incredible, beautiful day. Because I am enough. Because I deserve every bit of success I work at to achieve. Because I’m worthy of all my big dreams.

“You’re not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.”

—Marian Wright Edelman, American activist for children’s rights