Are Black Mothers Failing to Raise Their Sons?

Are Black Mothers Failing to Raise Their Sons?

In an entry at Madame Noire, blogger LaShaun Williams writes that African-American women continue to outpace black men academically, professionally and economically. She asks if it could be attributed to how some single black mothers raise their daughters in comparison with their sons.

In recent years the percentage of black children born into single parent households, an overwhelming majority of which headed by women, has skyrocketed. Nearly three-fourths of black boys and girls are being raised in broken homes -- brokenness stemming from the fact that fatherlessness often creates imbalance.

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Are Black Mothers Failing to Raise Their Sons?
LaShaun Williams
Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:58:00 GMT