[Grovenet] News Times Article

[Steven]

It is also in the article that the mother of this child is a drug addict.
How do you help the child without supporting the parent's drug habit?
Another couple of years and this child will be sexually abused by the mom's
drug friends.
To pull yourself out of homelessness, you have to not be in a downward
spiral. If the family is homeless due to bills or job loss, they've known
about it a while. You don't become homeless the day you loose a job. Is the
job loss or medical bill due to their own problem?
Many of the homeless prefer their lifestyle. If you gave them a place to
stay, they would bring all their friends too. And with it, all their
problems.
Don't get me wrong. There are people with homes that prefer the drug/alcohol
life. You can often spot them by just driving by.
And there are homeless people with jobs that are responsible people.
I can not help any homeless persons. They have to help themselves. Get rid
of the people who pull them down and find a new network of friends.
You want to help this girl? Get her to a lawyer who will help her become
emancipated. Or find her father or family that is acceptable, or a guardian.
I've yet to meet a recovered meth addict.

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Behalf Of Eric Canon
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 7:57 AM
To: grovenet
Subject: [Grovenet] News Times Article


I want to call attention to the front page
article in the News Times, now on news stands,
about homeless kids in our school district.
Specifically, the story is about an 11 year old
girl who does not have a home, or a bedroom, or
even her own bed to sleep in. She washes her
clothes at a gas station.