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10 - Black Women’s Mothering and Caregiving

from Part III - Core Themes in Black Women’s Stress and Distress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2023

Donna Baptiste  and
Adia Gooden
By
Yolande Cooke
Donna Baptiste
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Illinois
Adia Gooden
Affiliation:
Unconditionally Worthy, Co.
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Summary

Black Women’s Mothering and Caregiving explores Black women as parental and family caregivers and caregiving as a source of joy and yet burden in Black women’s lives. We discuss contemporary challenges of Black women as caregivers, including their fears and anxieties about present conditions that create risks for Black children and adolescents. Such conditions include stereotypes, institutional biases around educational achievement, violence, police aggression, and the need to juggle professional and domestic responsibilities. Finally, this chapter offers strategies to help Black women manage and balance their caregiving roles and responsibilities.

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Black womenmotheringcaregiving
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Promoting Black Women's Mental Health
What Practitioners Should Know and Do
 , pp. 236 - 262
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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