Friday, November 16, 2007

Have you ever learned something new that you didn't even know existed? Not just didn't know much about it, but you actually didn't know you didn't know?

Facts on Trauma and Homeless Children
Did you know that:

-Families make up 40% of the homeless population
-1.3 million children are homeless during a year.
-At age 8, 1 in 3 homeless children have a major mental disorder.
-Homeless children are 2x as likely to have a learning disability and 3x as likely to have an emotional or behavioral problem.

These statistics are eye opening and suprising for me.

Sure, I see poor or homeless people every day, but personally, these facts about children strike me down deep. I normally think of homelessness as a terrible way to live the end of your life, but it's also a terrible way to begin your life.

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