AUTHOR Q. ALLEN’S NEW STAGE PLAY “CAN A WOMAN RAISE A MAN” REVEALS AN ENLIGHTENING ANSWER

Subject

The power of a mother’s love in raising successful sons

Description

With more young Black men being raised by single mothers, author Q. Allen poses an intriguing question with his new stage play Can a Woman Raise a Man? And his answer is definitive. “A mother’s love is incredible,” he declares to EBONY. “There’s an old proverb that says love is stronger than death. When I thought I wouldn’t make it, she helped me to become everything, and it wouldn’t have happened without her continued love. I wish this Mother’s Day that all the families with mothers and sons will be healthy.

”The path Allen took from single-parent child to playwright wasn’t an easy one. His mother and father divorced when he was a teen, and Allen responded by acting out. My mother had a lot of trouble trying to control me and reel me in, and for her to just understand what I was walking through, it was just a challenge for us trying to figure it out.” Can a Woman Raise a Man, based on his book of the same name, has been his salvation. “Being able to turn individual pain into purpose and show a family getting from the side of struggle, trauma and drama to triumph is just an incredible story.”

Here, Allen talks about the production and his life journey and offers advice for fathers, mothers and their communities on raising sons.

Creator

Delaina Dixon

Source

www.ebony.com/author-q-allen-can-a-woman-raise-a-man-stage-play/

Publisher

EBONY

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