Uncommon Ground: Guided Activities for Moms Raising Kids to Thrive Across Race, Culture & Other Lines of Difference - Softcover

Lanier, Dr. Nikki R.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798218850982

Publisher: Dr. Nikki R. Lanier, 2025

Synopsis

Every mom wants to raise kind, wise, and open-hearted kids. But in a world that is rapidly changing, where by 2045 America will be a richly multicultural nation, our parenting must evolve to prepare children not just to exist in difference-but to thrive in it. Uncommon Ground is for moms who want to raise children who are multiculturally fluent and confident engaging across race, culture, and identity.

This guide acknowledges that most children grow up surrounded by sameness in their neighborhoods, schools, social circles, and even in their family's daily routines. These well-meaning environments can unintentionally teach our kids that safety lies in sameness and "different" equals "danger." But we, as mothers, have the power to lovingly rewrite that narrative.

Through daily prompts, reflection questions, child-friendly activities, and gentle progress check-ins, Uncommon Ground becomes a trusted tool to guide moms in having age-appropriate conversations and creating simple, yet powerful, experiences that shape a new worldview-one that embraces difference, values equity, and fosters empathy.

Because the future your child is inheriting will be beautifully diverse. Let's prepare them to walk confidently into it.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Nikki R. Lanier is a distinguished labor attorney, public speaker, author, and advisor, renowned for her expertise in equity, human resources, systems thinking and organizational effectiveness and the future of work. She is the CEO and founder of Harper Slade, a firm dedicated to creating workplaces where multiculturalism thrives as a risk mitigation strategy and macroeconomic imperative. Having held executive positions in various industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, education, and consulting, Dr. Lanier has served as a three-time Chief Human Resources Officer in both the private and public sectors and held an executive position with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis as the Senior Vice President and Regional Executive of the Louisville Branch. In this capacity, she connected the public, business leaders, and community bankers with the Federal Reserve, overseeing community development and economic education initiatives.Dr. Lanier earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law and a bachelor's degree in Journalism from Hampton University. She also holds a certification in Collective Bargaining from Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Her insights and thought leadership on the future of work and business have been featured in prominent media outlets such as Ebony Media, Forbes, NPR, Essence, USA Today, CNBC, and PBS.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dr. Nikki R. Lanier
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798218850982
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 98
• Editor: Chatham Saren