Note: I love this article by A.Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez as it speaks to race and parenting and addresses how racism makes parenting harder. How does one prepare and protect a child from a world where there is injustice? We talk a lot about adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and that's crucial. Kids deserve to be safe at home. But the world isn't safe for all children even when children are without adverse childhood experiences the way we talk about them most, That's why we need to talk about adverse community experiences as well.
I have to be honest: In the wake of the madness, although I eat, sleep and breathe resistance, I don't know what to do. As a black mother, I don't know how to fully prepare my son for a world that attributes any positive thing he accomplishes to affirmative action.
And so I've decided that I will do the only thing that I really can. I will love my son abundantly and in excess.
Out of concern for the mental and physical health of our future, I am calling for the spoiling of black youth. As it turns out, research supports me on this one.
 study by the Washington University School of Medicine found that children who received highly nurturing interaction from parents in preschool years showed distinct brain activity in areas related to learning, memory and regulating emotions. The findings suggested that nurturing children during the early years provides a foundation that yields lifelong benefits.
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