Behavior or Becoming – Black Girlhood Unfolded

Behavior or Becoming

🌸“Behavior or Becoming? Rethinking Discipline”

To help educators understand increased body awareness, style experimentation, and self-presentation during puberty — without defaulting to moral panic or dress-code policing.

Girls, Girls Modules, Module 2: Behavior or Becoming — “Learning Myself Out Loud”

🌸 Behavior or Becoming — “Learning Myself Out Loud”

Sometimes grown-ups might think you have an “attitude” when you’re just learning how to express yourself. You’re not being grown — you’re growing.

Caregiver, Module 2: “Behavior or Becoming?”

🌺 Behavior or Becoming?

To help parents and educators recognize that what’s often labeled as “attitude,” “defiance,” or “disrespect” in Black girls is frequently normal developmental behavior — expressions of growing autonomy, emotion, and identity — that deserve curiosity, not correction.