Parent Like It Matters, Janice Johnson Dias, PhD
Parent Like It Matters, Janice Johnson Dias, PhD
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Parent Like It Matters
How to Raise Joyful, Change-Making Girls

Author: Janice Johnson Dias, PhD, Jacqueline Woodson

Narrator: Janice Johnson Dias, PhD, Jacqueline Woodson

Unabridged: 8 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/02/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

An accessible blueprint to embolden our daughters to be critical thinkers, fearless doers, and joyful change agents for our future—from the proud mother of teen activist Marley Dias, founder of 1000BLACKGIRLBOOKS.

“A stunning and pathbreaking how-to guide and memoir for every mom, dad, or caregiver who believes in rearing children to be healthy individuals and caring citizens.”—Khalil Gibran Muhammad, author of The Condemnation of Blackness

Renowned sociologist Janice Johnson Dias has devoted her life to nurturing and training girls to become changemakers—whether through her investment in her daughter Marley’s humanitarian projects or through her work with the GrassROOTS Community Foundation “SuperCamp” she co-founded for girls. In these unprecedented times, her work has never been more urgent, as parents find themselves asking: How do we teach girls to change the world?
 
Dr. Johnson Dias knows that self-realized girls are created through intentional parenting. And so she asks parents to make deliberate choices—from babyhood through adolescence—that will give their girls the resources and foundation to take hold of their own futures and to create sustainable social change. 
 
Unlike other parenting experts, Dr. Johnson Dias doesn’t urge parents to focus solely on their children. Instead, she tasks them with a personal challenge: to find their own joy. Just as Dr. Johnson Dias brings her own jubilant passion to parenting, mentoring, and teaching, she inspires caregivers to do the same. 
 
Using cutting-edge research and Dr. Johnson Dias’s own experiences, the book offers information and strategies for making discussions of racism and sexism a daily practice, identifying heroes and mentors, educating yourselves together, and uncovering your girl’s passions and what issues drive her the most. 
 
Parenting is enormous work; it can be as overwhelming as it is fulfilling. Within the pages of Parent Like It Matters, parents will find the invaluable tools they need to raise  resilient, optimistic girls who determine for themselves what their world will look like.

* This audiobook includes a bonus pdf of assignments, appendices and a list of resources from the book.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kristen

All parents/caregivers (and teachers!) should read this book; not just parents of girls. It is incredibly intentional and full of great ideas. I particularly loved the chapter called “Freely Offer Your Critique.” I took a TON away from her ideas regarding meaningful friendships, sociological imagina......more

Goodreads review by Tia

THIS IS THE ONE!! Here is a timely, necessary and empowering book featuring ssolid, practical advice for caregivers on how to lovingly guide, support and nurture their girls in a world where racism, classism and gender bias are so pervasive. I have read many parenting books, most of which offer some......more

Goodreads review by Matt

This is such a powerful book not just because I have a daughter of my own but because it has truly life-changing principles and philosophies for any parent. Here is one of the closing quotes from the book that encapsulates the core principles. "We are the solution makers we want to see. We can find a......more

Goodreads review by Heather

There was definitely some valuable information in this book but it was intertwined among a lot of political/racial opinions. I didnt realize when I bought this book that it was written specifically for people of color. While I can appreciate the discussion, I felt almost excluded at some points like......more

Goodreads review by Michelle

It was just ok. I didn’t feel like I learned anything or got any new insights. It was good for a reminder on good parenting habits but nothing you haven’t heard before.......more

Quotes

“I keep a copy of the book by my bedside as a reference and as a reminder that I am working to build a reciprocal relationship with my own daughter and to ensure she goes into the world as a confident, knowing woman.”—The Washington Post

“In Parent Like It Matters, Dr. Janice Johnson Dias offers an impressive and bold roadmap for those who seek to engage passion and joy as essential elements of developing girls who thrive. Her honest and rigorous offering is a gift to parents, educators, and all adults in search of tools to cultivate the brilliance of our girls.”—Monique W. Morris, Ed.D. author of Pushout and Executive Director of Grantmakers for Girls of Color 

“I am beyond proud of my mom and her new book Parent Like It Matters! This story is a combination of faith in the power of children’s voices and a guide for focus-driven parenting, which will inspire a new generation of young change makers.”—Marley Dias, author of Marley Dias Gets It Done

“If you have a Black girl in your life- daughter, niece, neighbor, student- you owe it to her to read this book. Part memoir, part advice column, part workbook, Dr. Janice Johnson Dias has crafted a wholly originally, deeply challenging, and expansively joyful guide to walking beside the girl in your life as she finds voice, courage, purpose, and self.”—Melissa Harris-Perry, co-host of the podcast System Check and the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University 

“Parent Like It Matters gives me hope for girls to dream themselves into the future as healed, whole, powerful, actualized women—because this book will help to cocreate healed, whole, powerful, actualized parents to support them on their journey.”—EbonyJanice Moore, Hip Hop Womanist Scholar and Founder of Black Girl Mixtape & The Free People Project

“Parent Like It Matters is a stunning and pathbreaking how-to guide and memoir for every mom, dad or caregiver who believes in rearing children to be healthy individuals and caring citizens. Combining her talents as a leading sociologist, the wisdom of her grandmother, and the experience of raising talented change-agents in her community, Dr. Johnson Dias makes clear in this beautifully written book that there may be no more important responsibility.”—Khalil Gibran Muhammad, author of The Condemnation of Blackness

“To matter is a universal human need, and both parent and child benefit from the process and the outcome of raising girls who are critical thinkers and change-makers. . . . This recommended title has insights and practical tips for raising change-making girls.”—Library Journal (starred review)

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