Annie Shaw-Barnes

It was Granddaddy who set the work standard for Grand Mama and my daddy, uncles, and aunts and was a smart businessman, in all areas of his life, who obtained the right pay for his work, gambling, and farm products

Posted Sept 23, 2016

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family  Read More 

Daddy went to see a few girls

Posted Sept 22, 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 daddy went to see a few girls.

He saw each one, once or twice, but courted only one woman, before  Read More 

The way Uncle Jack courted and the lessons it showed

Posted Sept 21, 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,

With all my uncles’ efforts, especially Uncle Jack’s and Uncle Charlie’s, there was very little romance  Read More 

Uncle Charlie received an unexpected kiss

Posted Sept 20, 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,

Uncle Charlie desperately wanted a kiss one night and his desire was fulfilled.

His girlfriend's mother lit a kerosene oil lamp and  Read More 

Uncle Charlie’s courting was the most exciting in the Shaw family

Posted Sept 19, 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,

Uncle Charlie's courting life was the most exciting in my Shaw family.

As you know, he  Read More 

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