Social Justice Parenting

How to Raise Compassionate, Anti-Racist, Justice-Minded Kids in an Unjust World

By: Traci Baxley

Narrated by: Traci Baxley

An empowering, timely guide to raising anti-racist, compassionate, and socially conscious children, from a diversity and inclusion educator with more than thirty years of experience.

As a global pandemic shuttered schools across the country in 2020, parents found themselves thrust into the role of teacher—in more ways than one. Not only did they take on remote school supervision, but after the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing Black Lives Matter protests, many also grappled with the responsibility to teach their kids about social justice—with few resources to guide them.

Now, in Social Justice Parenting, Dr. Traci Baxley—a professor of education who has spent 30 years teaching diversity and inclusion—will offer the essential guidance and curriculum parents have been searching for. Dr. Baxley, a mother of five herself, suggests that parenting is a form of activism, and encourages parents to acknowledge their influence in developing compassionate, socially-conscious kids.

Importantly, Dr. Baxley also guides parents to do the work of recognizing and reconciling their own biases. So often, she suggests, parents make choices based on what’s best for their children, versus what’s best for all children in their community. Dr. Baxley helps readers take inventory of their actions and beliefs, develop self-awareness and accountability, and become role models. Poised to become essential reading for all parents committed to social change, Social Justice Parenting will offer parents everywhere the opportunity to nurture a future generation of humane, compassionate individuals.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Inspiring, motivating, practical

This book is powerful in it's clarity, kindness, and real life examples. It has given me practical tools and illustrations that I will use in my parenting. I cannot recommend this book highly enough!

Love this book!

This book is phenomenal from beginning to end! Not only does Dr. Baxley give thoughtful and practical parenting advice, she gives examples and suggestions for how to grow as a parent. I felt like I came out of reading this book with actionable information. I would encourage any and everyone to listen!

Premiere Parenting Book!

Dr. Traci Baxley offers practical but purposeful guidance to parents. Sharing personal stories of her family will make the reader feel like they are having a one on one counseling session with their best friend.

excellent book and performance

should be required reading for all parents, grandparents and people who interact with children.
resources mentioned in audiobook are easily obtained.

Excellent reminders/ strategies 4 guiding your family

Great examples provided of tangible ideas, but also awareness building of our potential blind spots or ideas for checking for biases that may unintentionally rub off on our children.