Generational Poverty

As teachers, we must never assume our students have been given access to self-care resources. We don’t know the home situations or practices in the homes. We must pay attention and pray for our students regularly, that God would give us the proper insight and access to the resources these kids need. We might be their only advocate.

We live in a sad generation of people. Not only is it sad educationally speaking, but also from a spiritual perspective. Homes like this little girl’s don’t have Jesus. They aren’t being taught the truths of God or about the hope he offers. And they aren’t being taught the right ways of scripture regarding marriage, families, and children.

I had no frame of mind for that type of logic, but I quickly realized she was right. Hand to mouth. No pride in their personhood. No work ethic. A generation of people living off the government and teaching their kids to do the same. A completely new type of generational poverty.