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National Black Parents Code
Guidelines For Correct Black Parents

I will have a feeling of love and responsibility for all Black children, be they my own biological descendants or not. The extended family is a traditional way of life for us, therefore all African adults are potentially correct Black parents.

I will teach what is right and what is wrong.

I will respect my children and will demand respect from them.

I will strive to produce in the home harmony, stability and an atmosphere of trust and love. I will provide opportunities for learning and will instill a sense of pride by teaching our past and present history.

I will have control and power in the home, being that the home is the smallest example of a Nation-and if the home is not together you cannot deal with outside forces.

I will find the best possible educational institution for my children and I will participate in some way in the institution.

I will seek to establish and perpetuate those moral attitudes and values which will add to my children's personalities and characters: virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherliness, kindness and charity.

I will develop a deep inner love that flows over and around the Black child to form a shield of protection, guidance, wisdom and strength.

I will assume the responsibility for cultivating the development of Black youth. This cultivation process occurs mentally (through skill development); physically (through the sharing of food, clothing and shelter); emotionally (through the commitment to the national development of Black people); and, spiritually (through the living out of a superior value system).

I will be about collaborating with others like myself, creating an atmosphere whereby Black children can grow and develop their potential in effective and meaningful ways.

I will be responsible for strengthening the positive qualities of the child and for correcting negative characteristics. I will maintain and nurture positive stability in the Black family.

I will be a model of the intellectual, emotional and moral discipline necessary to the child's understanding of, relationship to, and responsibility for the total Black experience-past, present and future.

I will have as my goal harmony within and freedom without; with confidence in the knowledge that the ultimate in freedom is service to mankind. My whole person and lifestyle will transmit these same values to the young.

I will help every Black child to develop the skills to survive. I will teach that the highest good in life is to serve Black people, helping all Black people in the struggle to survive.

HOW TO BE SAVED

The most destructive habit.......................Worry
The greatest Joy.......................................Giving
The greatest loss................. ............ .......Loss of self-respect

The most satisfying work.......................Helping others
The ugliest personality trait....................Selfishness
The most endangered species.............Dedicated leaders

Our greatest natural resource................Our youth
The greatest "shot in the arm"................Encouragement
The greatest problem to overcome........Fear

The most effective sleeping pill................Peace of mind
The most crippling failure disease...........Excuses
The most powerful force in life..................Love

The most dangerous pariah......................A gossiper
The world's most incredible computer.....The brain
The worst thing to be without.... . Hope

The deadliest weapon...............................The tongue
The two most power-filled words.............."I Can"
The greatest asset......................................Faith

The most worthless emotion......................Self-pity
The most beautiful attire.............................SMILE!
The most prized possession..................... Integrity

The most powerful channel of communication.............Prayer
The most contagious spirit.........................Enthusiasm