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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I think it makes a dent. My school is very diverse in terms of SES and race. The number of middle class kids getting inter agency counseling has risen dramatically. I think it is a combination of the break up of the family and the direction our culture has taken. [b]Schools are now expected to provide for kids the way families used to.[[/b]

This, bolded is precisely the problem.  We aren't encouraging parents to break out of the cycle of poverty.  In fact, in my experience in social services, more is expected by the parents.  More services create additional problems. Schools are expected to feed, clothe, supply and waive fees for low income students. Parents expect translation services, parent liaisons, free programs, access to charity outreach.  Instead of a one time emergency help situation, aid goes for PreK-12.

I'm a teacher in District Heights and I have a sincere question for anyone opposed to school services like these:[b] what would you have the children do though? Let them stay hungry and cold and left out of enriching extra curricular activities?[/b]

I think many in our schools would do whatever we can to help students: I (like many teachers I know) keep a drawer of granola bars, water bottles, socks, pads, crackers, etc. for students to grab if they're in need. They can't learn if their basic needs aren't met! [/quote]

To answer your question, yes, that's what I think should happen.  Because it will take something like that happening for parents to understand that they have to provide for their child.

I have no doubt if schools stopped all those services that parents would be breaking down the doors complaining that the school isn't doing their job. I think they truly do not understand that it is their job as a parent.

I think if you never, ever end the freebie cycle that kids never see their parents providing so you end up with another generation of kids who feel they are entitled to have schools provide food, snacks, school supplies, uniforms/clothes, hair cuts, extra curricular, etc...[/quote]

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