Kids will be kids. It doesn’t matter if they are rich or poor, they are still just kids. I got to take some city kids fishing last week overnight for two days. There was 9 kids, 5 girls and 4 boys between the ages of 11 and 13. Before we left I wondered if they would act differently than my nephew and his friends who were the same age.

They were no different. They loved playing hide and seek, going swimming, and just having fun. Certainly, at home their daily lives are quite different than my nephew’s. If however you peel away all economic disparity between them for these two days in the country theses kids were as care free and fun as any other group of kids that I have ever been around.

It’s unfortunate back home their lives are so different than my nephew’s life. They are starting at such a disadvantage it’s not even a fair fight. It’s like they are running a marathon and their opponent, (middle and upper class kids), start the race at the 25 mile marker with one mile to go and they have to run the entire 26 mile marathon. It’s just not fair.

Whatever we the privileged ones can help enabling these kids to just be kids, the better off we all will be.