If educating the "whole child" is becoming a central theme in the work of schools, we must know the whole child: the whole child includes their family life circumstances, their needs, feelings, and experiences. Poverty and incarceration exist in the lives of some of our children. Hour Children...in Long Island City is an organization worth considering as a model. The organization's name reflects the belief that the lives of these children are formed around three hours: the hour of the mother's arrest, the hour that the children may be able to visit her and the hour of her release. You may be familiar with this program because Sister Teresa Fitzgerald, the founder of the program, is a CNN Hero.    Read more...