Kids Only Want to Play

All week long I worked at a camp with second graders who have lived through more in their seven years of life than most expereience in a lifetime. One little girl told me she has no toys. Another was scared to tears of getting wet in a water balloon fight since she had so few changes of clothes.

I never heard any of their stories, where they lived, if they evacuated or stayed, any of that. I could never ask them to relive the pain they experienced. Adults are desperate to share theirs stories and just talk about it; kids only want to play.

Janelle Foszcz

April 4, 2008 @ 9:17 AM