This study explores Black mothers’ perceptions of their parenting practices and, more particularly, the culture and contributing factors influencing parenting methods. Black mothers are excluded from research and “talked about” rather than consulted or “talked with.” To better understand parenting strategies and their purposes, African American mothers who have been mothering for at least a year have been interviewed. The primary purpose of this study is to obtain a more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of parenting among Black mothers who are given opportunities to describe how they parent in their own words. This purpose is constructed with the hope that nuance, authenticity, and qualitative data captured by the methodology and questions allow Black mothers to tell their own stories. Data collected more carefully offers context and authenticity that negates, corrects, and/or balances assumptions.