Esential Question 3: The Children

Look around you. What do you see? Have you ever stopped to realize how lucky you are? Even to have a roof over your head, or a bed to lie on. Imagine only having a blanket. And now picture that life for a six year old. This is the story of a child in every country of our world. There are children who are forced to survive on their own. Who don't know what it’s like to have a mother or a father. Children that don't come home to dinner on the table, but a mat to weave, so that maybe they can sell it to a man passing by. Children who work all day for just 50 cents. Kids who would die to go to school, but their families cannot afford it. Or maybe children that have all the potential in the world, but throw it away for the easy way out. Kids who are blessed to have what they do but cannot see beyond what more they can get. Kids who were meant to grow up and create a cure for cancer, but instead choose drugs. Children who are bullied to a point of suicide. Children that are broken down day after day by adults, who know better. Why does it have to be this way?

Doesn't this tell you that something is wrong? That something needs to be done? We all must protect the children. Because the children are the adults of the future, and the leaders of tomorrow.