Annie Shaw-Barnes

Rites of passage in families are better for children than “things passage of life,” which saps their substance and joy from everything

Posted Sept 16, 2016

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
Spousal Abuse Specialist
Christian Church Specialist
Racism Specialist

Hi everyone,

Without family rites of passage, some  Read More 

Granddaddy's focus on raising children, who experience family rituals, allowed us to derive other beneficial information to raise good families


Posted Sept 15, 2016

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
Spousal Abuse Specialist
Christian Church Specialist
Racism Specialist


Hi everyone,

In 2016, we need to help the young generation,  Read More 

The Shaw children’s rite of passage to manhood

Posted Sept 14, 2016

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
Spousal Abuse Specialist
Christian Church Specialist
Racism Specialist

Hi everyone,

My grandparents tried to make men out of my daddy and uncles.

In the midst of a family, where  Read More 

My daddy, Adam Shaw, Jr., had his own mischievous story

Posted Sept 13, 2016

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
Spousal Abuse Specialist
Christian Church Specialist
Racism Specialist

Hi everyone,

Daddy had his own mischievous story that yielded a whipping.

One night, his brothers heard him taking one  Read More 

Granddaddy Adam’s family, in this conversation, looked like the Prodigal Son’s family in the Bible

Posted Sept 12, 2016

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
Spousal Abuse Specialist
Christian Church Specialist
Racism Specialist

Hi everyone,

My Uncle Gilbert acted in ways that made our Shaw family  Read More 

The Shaw children were mischievous
Posted Sept 9, 2016
Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
Spousal Abuse Specialist
Christian Church Specialist
Racism Specialist

Hi everyone,

The Shaw children were lively and mischievous.

Without my grandparents knowing, when they became angry with each other, they agreed to go to  Read More 

Except for Daddy, the Shaw children had fun playing, like most children

Posted Sept 8, 2016

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
Spousal Abuse Specialist
Christian Church Specialist
Racism Specialist

Hi everyone,

Except for Daddy, the Shaw children had fun playing, like most children.

They shot marbles, fished,  Read More 

Two other successful parenting lessons derived from Granddaddy’s unfair disciplining, once, of his sons

Posted Sept 6, 2016

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
Spousal Abuse Specialist
Christian Church Specialist
Racism Specialist

Hi everyone,

Granddaddy suggests two valuable lesson for 2016 about punishing and whipping children..

The lesson  Read More 

Granddaddy Adam and Grand Mama Courtney taught my daddy, uncles, and aunts how to be best friends

Posted Sept 2, 2016

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
Spousal Abuse Specialist
Christian Church Specialist
Racism Specialist

Hi everyone,

The dozen Shaw children paired off.

Daddy's two sisters paired off,  Read More 

According to Granddaddy, family authority over children should be in the hands of parents

Posted September 1, 2016

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
Spousal Abuse Specialist
Christian Church Specialist
Racism Specialist


Hi everyone,

Granddaddy teaches that parents should know their children’s friends and acquaintances and this  Read More