Adopt-A-School: Resilience in children should never be confused with tragedy By recognizing “resilience” as anything other than a tragedy in the life of an impoverished child and to speak of it as something vaguely admirable is to ignore the conditions that caused it, no matter how well meaning the observer.
Author of the article: Gerry Bellett
Publishing date: Jan 04, 2021 • January 8, 2021 • 6 minute read •
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Last spring Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician in Flint, Michigan, whose relentless advocacy for impoverished children has brought her international acclaim, wrote a piece in the New York Times.
The headline was: “I am Sick of Asking Children to be Resilient.”