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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]whenever someone posts in this thread "well, it's a great experience for the kids/they learn and grow etc", I'm hearing "my kid's ~personal growth is more important to me than the people in the communities he's going to "help"", which makes me furious but I guess is par for the course in DC[/quote]

Who cares what makes you furious? I sure don't. Especially as it relates to my child.

Expecting a 17 year old to do anything other than grow personally is ridiculous. A person needs to focus on growing fully before you can expect them to give to anyone else.

Let the ADULTS go make a difference in the lives of those in those communities. My child needs to grow up and seeing/"helping" in distressed areas can help him do that. Heck, just seeing the depressed areas can help.

And let's not underestimate whatever contributions the child may or may not be making. Frankly I don't think the motive matters. If a 17 year old helps dig a well in a village to help pad his resume, so what? The village has a well and my child has a great experience and resume pad. Life can be win-win sometimes, you know?[/quote]

so you don't have any qualms about basically using people in under developed countries to help your kid grow up? About the damage your kid's ~emotional journey will do to the people he is supposedly serving and their economy? About the message you're sending your kids about the white savior industrial complex and your place in upholding and reinforcing it?[/quote]

How about my child is BLACK and has been on many service projects in other countries.

Perhaps you should've had the opportunity to do so. Then maybe you'd know what you're talking about.

And YES my child's emotional journey and growth mean more to me than anyone else's.

[/quote]Why do you even care what anybody thinks here?  Shake it off and kiss the BS good-bye. [/quote]

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