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[quote=Anonymous]Treat the kid like any other kid. If the parent doesn't do drop off, leave a note or talk to the care taker. If you do an after school thing, maybe have the kid stay for family dinner since dinner may only be for a set time at the shelter and if she misses she won't eat. Just make her feel as normal as possible.

Who gives a crap of her parents can't reciprocate. I had a friend in elementary who lived in a trailer with no phone and the parents had no car. My mom had to drive over and gasp! talk to poors! to make plans for us. I never went inside that girl's house but she came over to ours, stayed for dinner, and my mom always made sure she took some pie or a loaf of banana bread home "because I made too much".  Or sent extra tomatoes or zucchini from the garden because "we have more than we can eat".

My mom and that friend's mom still talk 30 years later - the other mom is a cashier at CVS in our home town and my mom has always treated her like any other acquaintance and asks about he daughter, looks at pics of the grand kids, etc. Because you treat people - even poor ones - like normal human beings worthy of respect and politeness - although I doubt many people on DCUM know that. [/quote]

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