Abstract
This paper describes an empowerment-based program to improve the parenting abilities of low-income African American men. Eight African American male consumers of a Head Start Program developed self-help groups on parenting and participated in training to colead those groups. Content analysis was used to define the major themes which the men discuss in their groups. The themes included having control of one's own destiny; challenging racism; the meaning of fatherhood; the need to work as a collective to resist oppression; teaching children about violence, sexuality, and substance abuse; fostering pride in the African American culture; and teaching children to survive in a racially hostile world.
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