Throughout this course I have chose to focus on the services that The Children’s Defense Fund offers to children and families http://www.childrensdefense.org/. The CDF has a variety of resources that are available for children and families who live in poverty. Some of the most vulnerable people lack inaccessible resources and could find the CDF organization very beneficial to them. Some of the goals of the CDF are to “end child poverty; guarantee every child and pregnant woman comprehensive health and mental health coverage and services; protect every child from abuse and neglect and connect them to caring permanent families; provide high quality early childhood care and development programs for all children; ensure every child can read at grade level by fourth grade and guarantee quality education through high school graduation; and stop the criminalization of children at increasingly younger ages and invest in prevention and early intervention” (Children's Defense Fund, 2011).
One of the most common issues that drew me into this site was CDF concern to end poverty. Over the years many children have been affected by poverty. Poverty can have a major impact on a child’s development. As educators it is important to go into the community and the homes of children to see how they are living. Most children that come from poorer neighborhoods do not excel in school as they are more concerned with other issues that are going on in their home environment. As a future educator I feel that it is important to assist families that live in poverty by offering resources like the one that are offered by the Child Defense Fund. This will give parents the opportunity to get their life back into prospective and become great providers for their children. Once the children needs are fulfilled at home, they can come into the classroom with less on their mind and be more willing to learn.
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Quita,
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great area of focus. I am very excited and interested to read you updates on this website. It is unimaginable what children go through especially in third world countries. The great question is will poverty ever end? I enjoyed reading your post.
Quita,
ReplyDeleteI think you dicussed a great topic dealing with poverty. This issue affects many cutltures in the world today. In the center that I work we have many families that are low income families. Many of these families have issues however the parents understand the importance of educating thier children at a quality preschool program.