Listen to Your Mother + Child, Please

Ann Imig, editor of Listen to Your Mother.

Topic: Looking at mothers and motherhood from every possible perspective.

Issues: Humorous, heartbreaking, and thought-provoking essays about mothers and motherhood; the Listen to Your Mother (LTYM) events and cultural phenomenon.

Ylonda Gault Caviness, author of Child, Please.

Topic: How Mama’s old-school lessons helped one mother check herself before she wrecked herself.

Issues: Black parenting vs. white parenting; the advantages and disadvantages of old-school parenting; why parenting “experts” aren’t actually experts; mother hood and work.