What I’ll Tell My Little Black Girls About 2020

The truth will set us free — it will also help us heal

Joel Leon.
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4 min readJan 31, 2021

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There are two types of parents: carpenters and gardeners.

Carpenters believe they can build the kind of structure for their children that will dictate a successful outcome. But gardeners create the space to allow their children to thrive.

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Joel Leon.
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