In the American Journal of Medical Genetics of 1985 of page 69 reads, “Black babies are smaller than white ones but the smaller black neonate becomes the larger and more advanced child right through adolescence.” In Social Psychology on page 482 Lawrence S. Wrightsman is quoted saying, “Psychologically, all the [Black] children were found to be more advanced than European children of the same age.” On page 162 of Children of the 21 Century: From Birth to 9 Months by Shirley Dex and Heather Joshi you will find the following excerpt, “There is evidence to suggest that non-white babies, especially Black babies, are more advanced in their gross motor development than white babies.”

A study performed on African American and European babies shows that African American babies develop fine motor and gross motor skills at a much faster rate than European babies. For example, it took an African American baby 7 weeks to support itself in the sitting position and watch their reflection in a mirror while taking a European child 20 weeks to accomplish the same goal. But this is just one example.

There are so many African American children that are prodigies or simply perform well academically but it is up to us as parents to ensure we create an environment for learning and keep the right things in front of our children.

Mabou Loiseau spoke eight languages –English, French, Creole, Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, Japanese and Russian, and played six instruments – harp, clarinet, violin, drums, piano, and guitar at the age of 7.  Zora Ball also 7 is the youngest person to create a mobile video game.  Thessalonika Arzu-Embry began earning her doctorates at the age of 17 and is a published author.

Tony Hansberry Jr. attended the Darnell-Cookman School of the Medical Arts at the age of 12 and at age 14 he developed a new suture method for hysterectomy patients. Kelvin Doe taught himself how to make batteries, generators and transmitters out of scrapes he found in the trash at the age of 15 while starting his own radio show where he also DJs. Polite Steward Jr. enrolled as a full-time student at Southern University at the age of 14. Andrew Koonce is a 15 year-old violinist who has won a plethora of awards and titles one including the Maestro Award for best soloist.

And let’s not forget about 9 years-old, Mikalia Ulmer and 11 year-old Cory Nieves better known as Mr. Cory who both have multi-million dollar businesses.

Our children can do so much more than play sports and entertain the masses. They are future doctors, lawyers, inventors and entrepreneurs. Instead of playing for the team they can own the team, instead of acting in a sitcom they can own the television network (since the real money is ownership anyway). With all of the miseducation going on in our communities their needs to be a reeducation and a rededication to our children.

We have somehow been convinced that we are inferior to everyone else in the world when actuality it is quite the opposite. Expand your way of thinking, our children are capable of changing the world if we just believe.