Who Cares About the Children

This, what I am doing right here, is a PSA---> That's Public Service Announcement for all you young heads who have no idea what its like to have only 12 channels to watch on TV and have never experienced TV going OFF air for the night. Anyway, back to my PSA...

As I see the things happening around me, I am shocked (maybe, I am not really shocked, because I sort of was expecting things to fall completely in the crapper, but that can just be between you and me) and I am truly concerned for the well being of our children- who are the FUTURE of the US of A (and if you needed to be reminded of that, then we are in a worse state of affairs than even I had imagined.)

You see, in all of this craziness with the Government, not one single solitaire governmental official has said or even hinted that we need to come to a resolution to this mess FOR the children. You see, it is the children who will suffer most through all of this drama.... Yes,  I know, you are thinking you will suffer to, because you won't be able to pay your mortgage and you won't be able to put gas in your car and all of the other 999,999,999,999 thousands of ways you will be affected, but here's the thing: you and I are adults. We can come up with a plan and be generally pretty good about sticking through with it. We will survive. BUT our children, who I said are our future leaders, are loosing faith in a system that they will one day be called upon to head. If they loose faith now, what is going to inspire them to want to be a part of it in the future?

Also, might I add that whilst all of this foolishness is going on, school still happens (and anyone with a child in kindergarten, at least, knows of the expense that comes with your child's schooling)- field trips go on or they get cancelled because the Government Closed (because the important thing is that we take away the fun things that enhanced our children's educational lives and puts them at an even further disadvantage from our European/Asian counterparts), kids still need to eat (which means you will either have to send them to school with their lunch, which of course means you are still making those weekly trips to the grocery store or you are sending them to school with money in their pockets to buy their lunch- I wonder how long it'll be before someone reaches in their pockets and pulls out nothing but lent... All because the Government wants to demonstrate what it is like to have a room FULL of TODDLER children AND WE- the ADULTS- ALLOW THEM TO DO IT.

So, I am forced to as again, "Who cares about the children?" If we do not learn very quickly to stand together and  unite our voices, the children will be the ones most affected. If we do not learn to play nicely in the sand box and share our toys, our children (who will one day, very soon, lead this country) will learn that throwing a temper tantrum gets you what you want. If we do not learn the true meaning of democracy, our children will cease to believe it exists and where will that leave us when they are inn charge? If we do not say to one another, "I disagree, but I at least understand what you want to accomplish. How can we work together to accomplish this?" and if we do not learn to LISTEN ACTIVELY, then our children will learn that there is no such thing as conflict resolution.

POWER TO THE PEOPLE- can really happen. VIVA LA REVOLUTION- starts in your community. WE SHALL OVERCOME- gives hope to our children, our future.

Having said about all I can in an attempt to get you to understand how drastically the situations we face at this point and time are and how important it is to get involved... I leave you with this: What is happening in our National Government is only a demonstration of what is happening on a city/county level. it is time to crack the book open ans actually read what is happening and not depend on the cliff notes.

If you are in or around RVA, I invite you to come out to the Richmond Coalition for Quality Education's Community Awareness Debut Program, where you can begin to gain understanding and join in the fight for our children. 3 pm Sanctuary of 31st Street Baptist Church Richmond,VA 23233.

Who cares about the children? I care.
Who cares about the children? Richmond Coalition for Quality Education cares.

I now return you to your regularly scheduled lives, already in progress.