Article August 27, 2001 Issue

A commitment to kids at risk

By Kim Shippey

"A Kid Needs Somebody who cares. Every kid needs a big brother, a big sister, a mentor. And I really feel that every adult who is able to, needs to go out and find a child who is at risk, and spend an afternoon a week with that child. As able-bodied, able-minded adults, we've got to make this commitment."

"In dealing with kids, adults have to try to remain motionally present."

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