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Ground Work

Ground Work is a thought-provoking work that delves into the essence of existence, nature, and the human experience. The author weaves together a tapestry of ideas, using both prose and poetry to reflect on the interconnectedness of all things. more

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Haki R. Madhubuti
Haki R. Madhubuti

Haki R. Madhubuti is an American author born on February 23, 1942. His works primarily focus on the experiences and identities of African Americans, as well as issues of social justice and racial equality. more

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“What we have seen in the way of adaptation and adjustment seems to indicate that families are adjusting parenting to the world ofwork, rather than the labor markets and industries responding to the parenting and family needs of their employees.”

“Parents who are stressed or disturbed will have more difficulty in meeting their children's needs. Parents who have little support--from friends, relatives, neighbors, or the community--are more likely to be overburdened by the demands of their babies and to be unable to respond to them adequately. Parents who experience severe poverty or economic insecurity, who cannot satisfy their own basic needs, are likely to have difficulty in responding to their children's needs.”

“There is growing consensus that new parents need help--information, advice, practical assistance--and that infants and toddlers need stimulation as well as care and nurture.”

“Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding-place and let it be free and unashamed. Place in matter and in flesh the least of the values, for these are things that hold death and must pass away. Discover in all things that which shines and is beyond corruption. Encourage virtue in whatever heart it may have been driven into secrecy and sorrow by the shame and terror of the world.”