Re: Kindergarten at 4
Julie Stauffer
<<the family lives of these kids are pretty ugly, of course.>>
That's not necessarily true. "At-risk" for public pre-school is most often
determined solely by income level...and that level is actually pretty high.
Back in the early 60's I was a headstart kid. My parents were both employed
(one as a state trooper and one as a secretary) with 3 kids and we
qualified. Any as far as family lives not being enriched, we were the
Castro County Library Family of the Year....tada....complete with reception
and picture in the paper because we used their facilities so much.
All foster kids qualify, in fact, anyone receiving WIC (such as many, many
military families) or AFDC qualifies.
Julie
That's not necessarily true. "At-risk" for public pre-school is most often
determined solely by income level...and that level is actually pretty high.
Back in the early 60's I was a headstart kid. My parents were both employed
(one as a state trooper and one as a secretary) with 3 kids and we
qualified. Any as far as family lives not being enriched, we were the
Castro County Library Family of the Year....tada....complete with reception
and picture in the paper because we used their facilities so much.
All foster kids qualify, in fact, anyone receiving WIC (such as many, many
military families) or AFDC qualifies.
Julie
sharon childs
My son could not get his children into headstart. Even though he was a
single parent because he was not on AFDC he was not eligible. Also his
children have never been allowed WIC because it is for WOMEN, infants and
children. Single men with children get turned away. In the state of
Washington while we were there, they allowed me to draw the WIC so Chaelene
could benefit. She was on special formula and it was quite expensive.
Sharon
single parent because he was not on AFDC he was not eligible. Also his
children have never been allowed WIC because it is for WOMEN, infants and
children. Single men with children get turned away. In the state of
Washington while we were there, they allowed me to draw the WIC so Chaelene
could benefit. She was on special formula and it was quite expensive.
Sharon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julie Stauffer" <jnjstau@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 9:55 AM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: Kindergarten at 4
> <<the family lives of these kids are pretty ugly, of course.>>
>
> That's not necessarily true. "At-risk" for public pre-school is most
often
> determined solely by income level...and that level is actually pretty
high.
> Back in the early 60's I was a headstart kid. My parents were both
employed
> (one as a state trooper and one as a secretary) with 3 kids and we
> qualified. Any as far as family lives not being enriched, we were the
> Castro County Library Family of the Year....tada....complete with
reception
> and picture in the paper because we used their facilities so much.
>
> All foster kids qualify, in fact, anyone receiving WIC (such as many, many
> military families) or AFDC qualifies.
>
> Julie
>
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In a message dated 4/19/2002 10:26:22 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
jnjstau@... writes:
that was a slip and not what I meant.
The headstart programs I'm familiar with (a number of them - they ask me to
talk to the parents about homeschooling at one of them, every year, as part
of their parent education stuff) seem to have a large number of parents who,
quite honestly, don't seem to have much on the ball in terms of parenting.
What I mean by that is that they are poor, but mostly are bottlefeeding
babies with formula. They are doing a lot of hand slapping and butt smacking
when the kids get even a smidgen rambunctious. They OBVIOUSLY want to be good
parents and love their kids - but many appear pretty ignorant about a lot of
things most of us would probably take for granted as being good parenting.
They mostly always seem surprised at the very idea of reading to very young
children, for example.
--pamS
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jnjstau@... writes:
> <<the family lives of these kids are pretty ugly, of course.>>Of course not. If I implied that I meant all of them, I truly apologize -
>
> That's not necessarily true.
>
that was a slip and not what I meant.
The headstart programs I'm familiar with (a number of them - they ask me to
talk to the parents about homeschooling at one of them, every year, as part
of their parent education stuff) seem to have a large number of parents who,
quite honestly, don't seem to have much on the ball in terms of parenting.
What I mean by that is that they are poor, but mostly are bottlefeeding
babies with formula. They are doing a lot of hand slapping and butt smacking
when the kids get even a smidgen rambunctious. They OBVIOUSLY want to be good
parents and love their kids - but many appear pretty ignorant about a lot of
things most of us would probably take for granted as being good parenting.
They mostly always seem surprised at the very idea of reading to very young
children, for example.
--pamS
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