Parent Perspective: Is Your Child Passing—or Prepared?

Send us Fan Mail Good grades matter—but is your child truly prepared for what comes next? In this Parent Perspective episode of the Black Girls Do Engineer Podcast , Kara Branch continues the conversation from “An Administrator’s Perspective: What Kids Really Need to Know” and brings it back to the parents.

Kara explores three important questions: Are we preparing our children beyond the report card? Do we actually know our child’s teachers, counselors, principals, and administrative team—and do they know our child?

And are we building a village around our children instead of expecting the school to be the entire village? From self-advocacy and critical thinking to building relationships with school leaders and finding opportunities beyond the classroom, this episode challenges parents to take an active role in preparing their children for college, careers, and adulthood.

Because our goal isn’t simply to raise children who can pass the next test. We’re raising future adults—and parents, we have homework too.

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