
Thoughts on working with children
When I first heard I’d be working with four-year-olds for five weeks, I was secretly horrified. I do like kids, in a very vague, conditional way. I like them for limited and quantifiable periods of time; I like them if I don’t have to discipline them; I like them if they are already potty-trained and quiet. I have no experience with dealing with more than a few at a time, let alone 30 of them. Unsurprisingly, my first few weeks […]
Categories: Children, Peru, Volunteerism