Baby Talk

Kenneth Little Sr.

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Kenneth Little Sr. is a caring father who firmly believes in placing children on a positive journey toward a life filled with peace, love, happiness, favor, and prosperity.
In a guide filled with real-life examples and practical advice, Little Sr. shares wisdom for other mothers and fathers based on his challenges and positive outcomes achieved while parenting his daughter and son. He offers insight into the three life-fulfilling concepts—Education, Exposure, and Empowerment—that he utilized to guide and mentor his own children as well as the frank discussions he shared with them as they matured. Included are his personal stories about the growth and development of Honeybear and Junior, their foray into higher education, and eventually their careers as he continued to play an important role in their lives.
Baby Talk shares personal stories and time-tested guidance for parents gleaned from a father’s experiences and challenges as he lovingly guided his children into adulthood.

Sujets

• Personal Memoirs
• Biography
• Autobiography

Informations

• Publié par: Balboa Press
• Date de parution: 17 novembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798765236598
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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BABY TALK
Kenneth Little Sr.


Copyright © 2022 Kenneth Little Sr.
 
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The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.
 
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ISBN: 979-8-7652-3661-1 (sc)
ISBN: 979-8-7652-3660-4 (hc)
ISBN: 979-8-7652-3659-8 (e)
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2022921453
 
Balboa Press rev. date: 11/16/2022
CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
 
Chapter 1 Baby Talk
Chapter 2 Gifts from God
Chapter 3 Birth of Honeybear
Chapter 4 Birth of Junior
Chapter 5 Dancing and Wrestling after Work
Chapter 6 Babysitters
Chapter 7 Riding Home from the Babysitter
Chapter 8 Beginning Their Education Journey in Kindergarten
Chapter 9 Summer Vacation with Grandma
Chapter 10 Returning Home to Attend School
Chapter 11 My Babies are Growing Older
Chapter 12 Church
Chapter 13 Honeybear and Junior are Now Teenagers
Chapter 14 Preparing My Children for Universities
Chapter 15 Graduating from High School and Receiving Their Diplomas
Chapter 16 Honeybear’s and Junior’s True Confessions
Chapter 17 Graduating from Universities and Receiving Their Degrees
Chapter 18 Honeybear Gets Married
Chapter 19 Balancing the Parenting Scale
Chapter 20 Dedicated Parents
Chapter 21 Minority Youth Suicide
 
Acknowledgments
PREFACE
Before I take a deep dive into my book, it’s important that I add some background about my life. My family history was not an ideal blueprint for raising children. From the age of five to adulthood, I was subjected to a horrific family cycle of domestic, verbal, and physical abuse, along with societal racism. I found peace by embracing spiritual guidance and seeking therapy from mental health professionals later in life. God and mental health professionals threw a lifeline that helped me break a horrific family cycle and feel whole again.
I hope and pray my book will provide parents with practical information to put them and their children on a positive journey toward living lives filled with peace, love, happiness, favor, and prosperity.
Information noted in this book is based solely on my challenges and positive outcomes in raising two children, nicknamed Honeybear and Junior.
INTRODUCTION
Three Life-Fulfilling Concepts
While growing up, Honeybear and Junior successfully mastered three important life-fulfilling concepts—namely, education, exposure, and empowerment.
• Education: As noted in Google, education is defined as the process of receiving or giving systematic instructions, especially at a school or university. To be more specific, it is a body of knowledge acquired through learning at an institution and life.
I began encouraging Honeybear and Junior when they were just five years old to aim for good grades in elementary, middle, and high school in order to prepare them for college. Educational tools were used to boost their confidence and increase their knowledge in reading, writing, math, vocabulary, public speaking, computers, and music programs. Tutors were hired to increase their knowledge in challenging classes.
To increase their knowledge, we visited and toured different universities. We toured the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland; North Carolina Central University and Duke University in Durham, North Carolina; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina; and Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona, Florida.
While visiting in Europe, we visited the prestigious Oxford University in Oxford, England. This is just an overview of their educational experiences.
• Exposure: As noted in Google, exposure is defined as introducing someone to a new subject or area of knowledge. Honeybear and Junior attended church regularly and travelled extensively to different states on the eastern seaboard, from New York to Florida. They were also active in the local community’s Boys and Girls Club, the church-affiliated Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, and the Explorer Scouts for teenagers—where they received leadership training.
The church sponsored trips to seven foreign countries for scouts to visit Canada, Jamaica, Holland, Germany, France, Italy, and England. They toured national and foreign government facilities, went on sightseeing tours, interacted with people of different ethnic backgrounds and cultures, ate various cultural foods, visited museums, and attended entertainment functions such as space museums, art galleries, college sports, and music concerts. Scouts became accustomed to traveling on vans, buses, trains, and airplanes.
As a scout, Junior participated in an Adopt-A-Road Program, visited elderly people in nursing homes, and delivered groceries to people in low-income areas.
• Empowerment: As noted in Google, empowerment is defined as the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one’s life and claiming one’s rights. To prepare Honeybear and Junior for future careers, they were taught how to dress for success as I introduced them to appropriate business attire. They practiced résumé writing, interviewing skills, and etiquette training.
Their etiquette training included learning respect for themselves and others; saying grace before meals; correct posture while sitting in a chair at the dinner table; how to select, hold, and use proper utensils while eating meals; proper manners such as saying “please,” “thank you,” and “you are welcome”; and the history of their African American culture and other cultures.