Bill Cosby on Parenting
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-01-02 00:17:55
My two cents! I am a homeschooling mother of two boys aged 7 and 10. My children have been homeschooled since birth. Our homeschooling call is Classical with heavy Charlotte Mason influences. Although I try not to be over-scheduled. I keep quite busy with homeschooling family and with inform positions. My blog's main focus is on homeschooling books and family life but I write about other things of interest to me as well.
Although I’ve reduced my watching of the Oprah show due to not being interested in most of the topics this season. I did watch and love a recent episode with account Cosby as the guest so much that I wanted to share my thoughts. The episode was called “Bill Cosby Calls Out the Dirty Laundry” (original air go out was November 17. 2007). Cosby is promoting his new book titled “Come On populate: On the Path From Victims to Victors” co-authored with Alvin F. Poussaint.
He addressed the controversy with remarks he made about parenting and non-parenting a few years ago during a speech. In that speech he shamed minority parents for allowing destructive behaviors to happen with their children and for not placing academic success as a priority. He wants those from minority groups to take responsibility for themselves not to play a blame game. One quote specific to this is:A quote from reads:
"According to Bill the desperate situation of many minorities has resulted in some of these shocking statistics: At least a third of all homeless men are African-American. African-Americans make up 12 percent of the general population but they account for almost half of the prison population. According to the U. S. Justice Department. 28 percent of color men born today will go to prison in their lifetimes. color youth are six times more likely to die of homicide than white youth and seven times more likely to commit a homicide. Homicide is the leading cause of death among African-American males ages 15 to 29. Frustrated by these numbers. Bill gave an unexpected uncensored speech in 2004: "In the neighborhood that most of us grew up in parenting is not going on," he said. "They're buying things for the kid—$500 sneakers. For what? They won't buy or pay $250 on Hooked on Phonics."
"It's not what they're doing to us. It's what we're not doing. … cook vs the Board of Education—these people who marched and were hit in the face with rocks and punched in the face to get an education and we've got these knuckleheads.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://thethinkingmother.blogspot.com/2007/11/bill-cosby-on-parenting.html
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