Privilege

This week, I am taking time to share a few thoughts and observations about privilege based solely on the true stories from my conversations over the past few months. 

You are fortunate if you don't have to worry about experiencing a majority of the following:

• Fighting for appropriate services (health, mental health, education, etc.) for yourself or your child
• Being labeled the "bad" kid from a "messed up" family 
• Being accused of something without evidence- simply because of your (or your family's)"reputation" and then feeling obligated to live up to the rep with attitude - cause "why not - gonna get blamed anyway."
• Getting hounded, intimidated, and pressured by an agency of authority - (again)simply because of your (or your family's) "reputation."
• Being reported to CPS for taking your child out of school to travel
• Being reported to CPS because your child has been sick for an extended period and you kept them home from school to recover (and not spread germs). 
• having enough money to buy lunch food for your kids
• Debating which to pay (each month) - rent or mortgage, utilities, car payment, gas, warm winter clothing, healthcare bill, or groceries. 
• Understanding that another snow day, sick child, or school holiday will keep you from working(and possibly get you fired)
• Living the inherent biases and prejudices based on the color of your skin, gender or sexual orientation, religion, level of education, dialect or accent, tattoos or piercings, cultural or ethnic origin, mental illness, disability, past addictions, etc. 

Privilege isn't something most of us think about possessing. It plays out in so many silent ways that we don't notice until we listen intently to someone's story, making it plainly and painfully obvious. 

It bears saying - having privilege does not imply that you do not have struggles or that life is not sometimes hard - it does mean that society has not intentionally made it more difficult for you - simply because of who you or your family are.

Sending love and positive vibes to all. May you find kindness and respect in every interaction, and even if you don't, may you offer the kindness and respect that someone else needs.

DRC News

Thank you to DRC-Canton parent Josh L. for removing and replacing the decrepit original (to the house) backdoor with a much more solid and reliable one last weekend.

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Drawing March 17th

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Our week in pictures from both Centers (ignore the blurry photos from Canton. I accidentally had the flash set on my phone when documenting our Kitchen Sink Science session, on Thursday.)

Wishing everyone tons of relaxing fun during this break. If you need to get in touch, email [email protected].