One of the most oft used phrases when discussing the many perils facing black men in America is “single mothers cannot make a men out of their sons.” The overwhelming majority of people that make such utterances are people that purport to have the communities best interest despite such a detrimental self fulfilling prophecy and despite it paling in comparison to reality. The truth is there are single mothers making men out of their boys every day. Next month graduation ceremonies from kindergartners to PHD programs will be audiences full of single moms watching their boys take giant sized steps towards greater manhood so to say boys can’t make it to manhood and productive citizenry is a misnomer to say the least. That said there is a formula to turning a boy to a man under the roof of a single (black) mother’s household and clearly some are privy to that formula while others are oblivious to the modus operandi of a super mom—the type of mother needed to successfully raise a boy to a man (and a girl to a woman) devoid of paternal guidance and involvement.
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