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Apr 04 2009

uraimondo

Children in America and their roles before they come into school each day

Posted at 4:03 pm under Daily Living Skills, General Education, communication with teachers, professional development for school leaders, student outreach




Open the link below to see what some of our students are doing before they walk into school each day. 
Published: 09#
Christina Powell is one of hundreds of thousands of children who take care of sick parents or grandparents. Experts say there are likely to be more kids like her as the economy falters.

ttp://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/02/23/health/1194837805515/child-caregivers.html

This article reminds me of the Shavelier family, or Brandon N. mom – parents that need help from their children before they the students,  come into school each day.   We live in rural America but do not for a moment think that multi-generational families do not exist in larger cities like New York city or Los Angeles.  I saw these families in the 1990s when I lived in NYC, bag people and street people with no homes who slept on park benches and huddled in corners of buildings or near garbage dumps frequented by cats and prowling rats- white, black, Chinese, Vietnamese, Puerto Rican;  with the declining economy this situation is only getting worse. 
     I am hopeful that this video stream will continue to build compassion for all students and an appreciation for the lives they live before they gift us with their presence in our schools. 

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