Hope is in the air

One hope that I can think of for myself, when it comes to working with children and families from diverse backgrounds, is that I can learn as much as I can about them. I want to be able to understand the roles of the children within the family, the Dad, the Mom, and if the Grandparents live with them... Things like this are important to understand. This way when a project comes up in school and we "assume" that the Moms do something and the Dads do another, it may be very different to some children, and I want to be able to understand that. on a side note I woudl love and hope that one day I coudl learn a few languages, even if just a few words, to better communicate. I speak very broken Spanish but it is enough to talk to someone and be polite.

A hope for the Early childhood commuinty would be that we learn to look at the children for who they are and not what we assume about them. An example is that I have a child in class now that truly is a mean child, but I assumed that he had a bad background and that his Mom was doing nothing to get on bored to help his behavior, but infact she has contacted a trauma center for counseling and is trying to work with him on his behavior. This is something that the entire community needs to try and work on. Simply because we do not know, doesnt mean we shouldnt ask. Don't be afraid to ask the parent about the child or even talk to the child, and ask them what goes on at home that they think this behavior is ok? Who else acts like this? We need to see the beautiful child that resides within all of them no matter their behavior on the outside.

And finally a truly big thanks to all who have read and commented on any of my post, you have brought some new questions to my mind and have made me look at some issues in a different way.
THANK YOU!!!!