My mother-in-law works with at-risk teens, and she's got 40 years of experience/training in special education. She says that the consistent factor in the lives of the kids who "made it" despite really disadvantaged backgrounds is that there was at least one adult in their lives who cared, and the child knew that the concern was real and personal.
So even if it doesn't seem like like the help is acknowledged at the time it's given, seeds can be planted that will flourish later.
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Date: 2004-03-29 08:15 am (UTC)My mother-in-law works with at-risk teens, and she's got 40 years of experience/training in special education. She says that the consistent factor in the lives of the kids who "made it" despite really disadvantaged backgrounds is that there was at least one adult in their lives who cared, and the child knew that the concern was real and personal.
So even if it doesn't seem like like the help is acknowledged at the time it's given, seeds can be planted that will flourish later.