A lot of people think it’s a nice initiative. More are sad it even has to exist.
The "Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration," project seeks to support young children and families who are experiencing this life-changing circumstance, Sesame Street said in a statement.
They cited a statistic from a Bureau of Justice Statistics report entitled "Parents in prison and their minor children," which says the number of children with an incarcerated parent has increased nearly 80 percent in the past 20 years.
Via: sesameworkshop.org
Here is a little bit of the bilingual (English and Spanish) initiative.
The program is distributing “tool kits’’ to schools, community centers and jails in 10 states to help kids ages 3 to 8. There are also apps for iPhone and Android.
The toolkit has tips like telling a child to hold a picture of their incarcerated parent while they talk to them on the phone.
Via: sesameworkshop.org
