So theres a little girl in my group who was kicked out of all the other groups and placed in mine as a last resort and her final stop before being placed out of the program. This little girl 😩😩😩 too much to type, mouth like a streetwalker and bar crawler, fighting everybody. So I was ready to kick her out a month ago but then realized she lives in an environment where her mom isnt available and her uncle and grandma are trying to take care of her and paused on my decision. So after finding out she was in gymnastics I started teaching her yoga poses and connected with her that way. Daily this child tests my patience but I realize what she really needs is a mom. So I put aside my role as youth specialist, the Im going to be your friend until you go home and give you positive reinforcement role and went straight into Khaleela mommy mode. The you mess up you clean up for the rest of the day, eat all your food or you get no dessert. No homework done no play time. Why dont you have on lotion, fix your skirt, go wipe your face, you bettah not back talk me role. And this child started to change because what she needed wasnt a talk, she needed someone who cares the way a mother would. Today I looked at her and heard God say this child really needs you so talked to her family and Ill now be mentoring her, taking her out some weekends and really trying to fill that void she has with her mom not being around. This is the kind of change we need in our community. We need people to go back to our communities and try to reverse and wipe away the stereotypes and statistics that plague our kids. So many people cry CHANGE but how many of us are willing to go into the trenches and make that change happen. We cant continue to walk past these kids and say not my problem. Because when theyre robbing your house or shooting down your block they become your problem.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 05:00:19 +0000
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