I had an unusual morning today, that made me cry on the "inside' but had to FAKE a Smile, and Confidence for the sake of the ,children..... The Shitty life in America is something nobody want's to talk about........ Poverty and drugged out parent's........ Gurrr !!!!!
So I got home today, to discover 4 children alone at a bus stop for their school. It is just across the street from my home in the city, and because I'm still new to city life I am not comfortable with 6 to 11 year old children being left alone outside my home with no shelter, when the temperature was -10c.
Part of my job is patrolling Bus Stop's, but for another school district than where I live. So I got home after my duties were done, to find these children literally approaching my 'Duty car', and begging for me to warm them up. I have dealt with these children before on many occasion's, but today was very different..... The school district in town has 1/2 day's occasionally, and the children's parents didn't know what day it was, and sent the children to wait for a bus that was not going to arrive for another 2 hours..... OMG.
I have an outdoor fire 'Pit' fueled by natural gas and they have seen my 'Fire-fountain' before and begged for me to 'light' it up. So I did, just for them..... I began asking the oldest girl age 11, why they don't just go home for an hour and a half. She said her father told them to go to school and went back to bed, and she said that he would be angry if they went home.
Not my problem..... BUT, it was. So I spent an hour and a half outside with the children showing them how to use a fire to warm their hand's. Seriously, these children are so neglected and ignorant that they would have froze to death before they went home. So to pass the time before the bus arrived, I just talked to the older girl, while the 6 year old girl, literally was biting my wrist, pretending she was eating breakfast. NO JOKE. Older sister said to stop, but the 6 year old kept saying she was hungry and kept biting my arm. I was actually STUNNED, by this behavior, but didn't try to stop the child. She wasn't biting hard, just trying to get my attention that she was HUNGRY. OMG !!!!! I don't keep snack food in my home and had nothing to give them but some candy someone left at my house a few months back. I could have made them a real breakfast, but it is not a good idea to take children into your home without knowing the parent's first or having permission, 1st........
It was an all-around shitty situation for me, and them.........
I fed them Chocolate, by an outdoor fire as a 6 year old girl cuddled up to me, sucking on my arm. The older girl then proceeded to tell me about her life before she moved to this neighborhood. Homeless and sleeping in a car for 2 year's.
An American Child !!!! OMG It took all of my strength to hold back my tear's, as the girl seemed almost proud of living in that condition. Sitting with me, essentially a complete stranger in a silly uniform, she told me all of her families troubles, from the perspective of a child......... NOW I have the problem to deal with, and honestly I'm not sure what to do about this situation. I DON'T want the children in a foster-care system that is just as dysfunctional as her own parent's, home.
but.but.but...... I think I will begin to keep easy to give away food for them in my pantry. The girls are sweet, and the boys haven't yet reached the age that they 'lash-out' and get evil.... Can I just be a good neighbor and not get the LAW, involved?
It just hurt me so bad to see those children just abandoned at a school bus- stop for 2 hour's.... and I stayed with them, even though I could have just called my 'counterpart's in the city' and totally ruined their lives FOREVER.
In this situation I deemed it better to just let the children know they have a 'safe-place' to go to, very quickly.
It really has become like dealing with wild animals , but human-babies with actual NEEDS, like parent's who actually can know what the schools schedule IS, and FEED the child before school. But even that is a Skill, few Adult American's can even do anymore. What I saw and heard today was VERY depressing to me.
America spends $335 USD per day for every illegal immigrant who crosses the border and is caught.
[but] Poor Americans cannot even care for it's own children enough to even feed them, keep them safe, or warm.
Everything about this morning with 2 girls and 2 boys, just MAKES me SICK.
They deserve better than eating chocolate with me by an outdoor-fire, while waiting for a bus for nearly 2 hour's in the cold. It was even the 9 year old boys birthday, and the best I could do without any warning or clue, was to give him a bottle of Bubbles, that was left over from last summer. OH THE SHAME I FELT..... :( was overwhelming.
So I got home today, to discover 4 children alone at a bus stop for their school. It is just across the street from my home in the city, and because I'm still new to city life I am not comfortable with 6 to 11 year old children being left alone outside my home with no shelter, when the temperature was -10c.
Part of my job is patrolling Bus Stop's, but for another school district than where I live. So I got home after my duties were done, to find these children literally approaching my 'Duty car', and begging for me to warm them up. I have dealt with these children before on many occasion's, but today was very different..... The school district in town has 1/2 day's occasionally, and the children's parents didn't know what day it was, and sent the children to wait for a bus that was not going to arrive for another 2 hours..... OMG.
I have an outdoor fire 'Pit' fueled by natural gas and they have seen my 'Fire-fountain' before and begged for me to 'light' it up. So I did, just for them..... I began asking the oldest girl age 11, why they don't just go home for an hour and a half. She said her father told them to go to school and went back to bed, and she said that he would be angry if they went home.
Not my problem..... BUT, it was. So I spent an hour and a half outside with the children showing them how to use a fire to warm their hand's. Seriously, these children are so neglected and ignorant that they would have froze to death before they went home. So to pass the time before the bus arrived, I just talked to the older girl, while the 6 year old girl, literally was biting my wrist, pretending she was eating breakfast. NO JOKE. Older sister said to stop, but the 6 year old kept saying she was hungry and kept biting my arm. I was actually STUNNED, by this behavior, but didn't try to stop the child. She wasn't biting hard, just trying to get my attention that she was HUNGRY. OMG !!!!! I don't keep snack food in my home and had nothing to give them but some candy someone left at my house a few months back. I could have made them a real breakfast, but it is not a good idea to take children into your home without knowing the parent's first or having permission, 1st........
It was an all-around shitty situation for me, and them.........
I fed them Chocolate, by an outdoor fire as a 6 year old girl cuddled up to me, sucking on my arm. The older girl then proceeded to tell me about her life before she moved to this neighborhood. Homeless and sleeping in a car for 2 year's.
An American Child !!!! OMG It took all of my strength to hold back my tear's, as the girl seemed almost proud of living in that condition. Sitting with me, essentially a complete stranger in a silly uniform, she told me all of her families troubles, from the perspective of a child......... NOW I have the problem to deal with, and honestly I'm not sure what to do about this situation. I DON'T want the children in a foster-care system that is just as dysfunctional as her own parent's, home.
but.but.but...... I think I will begin to keep easy to give away food for them in my pantry. The girls are sweet, and the boys haven't yet reached the age that they 'lash-out' and get evil.... Can I just be a good neighbor and not get the LAW, involved?
It just hurt me so bad to see those children just abandoned at a school bus- stop for 2 hour's.... and I stayed with them, even though I could have just called my 'counterpart's in the city' and totally ruined their lives FOREVER.
In this situation I deemed it better to just let the children know they have a 'safe-place' to go to, very quickly.
It really has become like dealing with wild animals , but human-babies with actual NEEDS, like parent's who actually can know what the schools schedule IS, and FEED the child before school. But even that is a Skill, few Adult American's can even do anymore. What I saw and heard today was VERY depressing to me.
America spends $335 USD per day for every illegal immigrant who crosses the border and is caught.
[but] Poor Americans cannot even care for it's own children enough to even feed them, keep them safe, or warm.
Everything about this morning with 2 girls and 2 boys, just MAKES me SICK.
They deserve better than eating chocolate with me by an outdoor-fire, while waiting for a bus for nearly 2 hour's in the cold. It was even the 9 year old boys birthday, and the best I could do without any warning or clue, was to give him a bottle of Bubbles, that was left over from last summer. OH THE SHAME I FELT..... :( was overwhelming.
