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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One solution I’d like to see in these high farms schools is big sister/brother mentoring programs. These high farms students are hungry for not only food but also ATTENTION that their parents/guardians just aren’t sufficiently providing. [/quote]

The idea that poor parents are bad parents - well, it has a long history, but that doesn't make it any less icky.[/quote]

UMC white people think they are so virtuous when they romanticize the poor.  Some of us on DCUM grew up in poor and dysfunctional households and have tried to explain multiple times that some (a fair number) of families are poor because of bad choices.  The choice to have children when you are unmarried, the choice to use substances, etc.  Some people are poor because they grew up in a developing country with little education and are now trying to live in one of the most expensive areas in the country.  Regardless, it is true that on many metrics of quality parenting, poor parents do worse.  It is pointless to argue that it isn't their fault or that some poor people are good parents.  If you want to help poor children, you need to recognize that many will have worse experiences with their parents and try to counteract that.  Read any number of threads on DCUM by teachers about kids always coming to school late or missing a huge number of days, coming with inappropriate clothing (despite being given multiple winter coats), kids going to bed at midnight, cursing at adults, etc. These are symptoms of the disarray...[/quote]

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