Several months ago, Street Sense Media artist and vendor Ayub Abdul suggested to our editors that a semi-regular children’s section should be added to the paper in order to help educate and entertain the next generation about homelessness — and because so many children are friendly to their neighbors selling Street Sense.
We asked our Writers Group what they thought about the idea:
Adding a children’s section would be a great idea for me because it would give many children bonding time with mom and dad. It would be cool for children to have a part of Street Sense that they could claim for themselves.
While mom and dad discuss and debate the news in today’s events, the children can marvel over the games, art, and reading. When I was young, I loved it when my mom would let me have my section of the paper and shared with me important info from her section. This was and still is a healthy way of bonding.
LOL — I remember my mom reading the children’s section of the paper, checking behind me to see how sharp I was. Did I find all the hidden items and hidden words? And we would “have it up” while going over everything. Those were good times. Let’s give the children a section in Street Sense.
