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To: cosmicforce who wrote (99277)	3/22/2005 5:29:47 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 108807

I think some people want to make it the parents' fault too (which it is) but when the parents are in just as bad shape as their kids, or worse, it's impossible to imagine them being any help. In fact, parents are often a drag on their kids- embroiling them in drug and alcohol problems, roping them in to care for siblings, it's amazing how much pressure is put on some of our least supported kids. I really don't think people understand just how many problems some teens (and younger children) face. If we were a poor country, and there was nothing we could do, we could all weep about it and agree that nothing could really be done. But we are not a poor country, and there are things we can do. And we don't need to weep about it (or even worse, harshly judge the people who are least able to survive in our system) and do nothing. There are communities experimenting with all sorts of strategies. I wish the federal government would start coordinating these strategies, and studying them, and find out which work- and then PUSH them nationally. That would really be helpful. Let's have a culture of intelligent educated life.