The Skin We're In
Subtitle: Teaching Our Teens To Be Emotionally Strong, Socially Smart, and Spiritually Connected
Publisher: Free Press
Published: September 6, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780684859286
Subjects: Black studies; Parenthood; Parenting - General; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Black American Sociology; Parent And Child; Sociology - Marriage & Family; Social Science; Family / Parenting / Childbirth; Child Care/Parenting; North America; USA; Ethics & Morals; Life Stages - Teenagers; Mores; Teenagers; Family & Relationships / Parenting; United States; African American children; African American parents; Child rearing
First sentence: When I was 8, an older cousin-she was 17 or 18 at the time-was sent by her family in South Carolina to live with mine in the Northeast.