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It's my go-to and my how-to.\"—Kwame Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of Light for the World to See\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRenowned sociologist Dr. Janice Johnson Dias has devoted her life to nurturing and training girls to become change-makers—whether through her investment in her daughter Marley's humanitarian projects or through her work with the GrassROOTS Community Foundation's \"SuperCamp.\" In these unprecedented times, her work has never been more urgent, as parents find themselves asking: How do we teach our children to change the world?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDr. Johnson Dias knows that self-realised girls are created through intentional parenting. And so she asks parents to make deliberate choices—from babyhood through adolescence—that will give their girls the resources and foundation to take hold of their own futures and to create sustainable social change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike other parenting experts, Dr. Johnson Dias doesn't urge parents to focus solely on their children. Instead, she tasks them with a personal challenge: to find their own joy. Just as Dr. Johnson Dias brings her own jubilant passion to parenting, mentoring, and teaching, she inspires caregivers to do the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing cutting-edge research and Dr. Johnson Dias's own experiences, \u003cem\u003eParent Like It Matters\u003c\/em\u003e offers information and strategies for making discussions of racism and sexism a daily practice, identifying heroes and mentors, educating yourselves together, and uncovering your girl's passions and what issues drive her the most.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eParenting is enormous work; it can be as overwhelming as it is fulfilling. Within the pages of \u003cem\u003eParent Like It Matters\u003c\/em\u003e, parents will find the invaluable tools they need to raise resilient, optimistic girls who determine for themselves what their world will look like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597489193196,"sku":"9781984819642","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/a42031099747824ebfcfe20be76e0597.jpg?v=1778038377"},{"product_id":"red-at-the-bone-by-jacqueline-woodson-9780525535287","title":"Red at the Bone","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A spectacular novel that only this legend can pull off.\" - Ibram X. 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Sixteen years earlier, that very dress was measured and sewn for a different wearer: Melody's mother, for her own ceremony-- a celebration that ultimately never took place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnfurling the history of Melody's family -– reaching back to the Tulsa race massacre in 1921 -- to show how they all arrived at this moment, Woodson considers not just their ambitions and successes but also the costs, the tolls they've paid for striving to overcome expectations and escape the pull of history. 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