How do you talk to your kids about tough topics like homelessness and charity?
We often pass people in our car who are holding cardboard signs, asking for change or jobs or food. For several years now, Joy has asked about this - and I honestly am at a bit of a loss when dealing with it. I really want her to become a giving and loving and charitable person. I want her to have empathy - but also to know when to have appropriate boundaries.
When she was five, we talked about people who don't have homes, and she asked why they don't just move in with us? It's a hard question to answer... why can't they live with us? Why aren't I trying harder to help people who are less fortunate than us? It's a good question, and one I wish I asked myself more often. I wish I had some better answers for us both.
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Cross-posted from singlesupermama.com