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Originally Posted by Krystee  Yes, I have noticed that very few children in my program seem to have healthy family homes with 2 parents. One child doesn't see her mom because she has a drug problem, another has a father that lives in another state and only sees him 6 weeks out of the year, another is raised by his grandparents. When I was a kid, most of my friends' parents were married and had great homes. It makes me scared to think what children will be like when I have kids. |
I completely feel you on this. I constantly tell my parents Kaji is the only grandchild I will ever give them. While I feel that parents are the number one source of all a child's learning (and I don't mean schooling) they also learn how to be people from the people around them. Sour teachers, other children with issues and so on. The last four years I've spent working in the classroom as a TA, Early Childhood Associate, program leader of an after school program, and a tutor. It's amazing how many of the parents I met didn't care about their kids. Sure they gave them all the material things, but not what really matters. Love, caring, guidance, and direction. For a majority of the students these things were lacking. One jr high kid told me she wanted to run away because she wasn't appreciated at home, but she felt she couldn't do it because she had no one to runaway too. She felt like no one wanted her. When working with kindergarten, the teacher or I often waited with this one little boy for hours after school because his mom didn't come to pick him up. He often didn't even come because his mother "couldn't" bring him. I could go on but you girls get the idea. It's heart braking.
I think having the humane society come speak to the kids is a fantastic idea! I know the SpcaLA has a program for kids and they do come talk to them about animal welfare.