I work with four/five year olds that have very hard lives. I usually block out what I know b/c I would cry if I thought about their home lives. Yesterday I was reading to one of my little buddies. He lives with his grandparents. His dad is in prison for murder and mom is in and out for drugs. His home is total chaos.
I was reading a Sesame Street book about Erenie'e busy day. Half way thru the story he asked who Bert was. I said you know Ernie's best friend. Then I thought does he not know??? After the story I went back to the pictures and started asking him if he knew the characters. He only recognized Elmo. He said he had never watched the show. This boy can tell you every wrestler on Smackdown and probably repeat the plots of any horror movie you want to know about it.
This just broke my heart. I think it really hit home that no one has ever really cared about this kid's well-being. Sad Sad!
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