Child Protective Services....

So in the town of El Porvenir... well to be honest, I haven't yet asked around so I really don't know, but it appears to me there is no sort of child protective services... of the stories of abused kids that i've heard of here, seems nothing is really done about the parents.. i'm guessing there are homes where kids may be taken away and placed into (though probably rarely and no doubt even worse living than the family home), but there's no such thing as a parenting class or anger management...

I've thought about the kids that i see working on the street selling necklaces or other products that their parents are selling at the stand... i wonder about what sort of things these kids are learning growing up this way versus others that are in day care or playing at their friend's houses... at times it may be fun to go person to person and talk to various people try and sell something almost like a game.. but maybe that's only for a minute and then when the child wants to go play or look at the bug on the tree, he can't because that means losing potential clients and money for the family....

there was one afternoon i spent walking through alto trujillo which is a bunch of little huts on sand dunes... and i see this boy all alone dragging his huge bucket (not sure what he was going to do with it)... he must have been about 5 years old... and way behind him was a little girl that turned out to be his sister.. she wasn't keeping up with him and at times would just sit down and play with the sand. no parents in sight, but it seemed the kids knew exactly where they were and where they were going, though they were in no way safe... no doubt that if there were any child predators around, they'd have a field day in alto trujillo ... then there's another kid i see on the bus every day by himself.. he must be not more than 8...


now that i've posted about some depressing stuff, i'll now post about my crazy new years week in Mancora (the post above this one)