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The At Promise Child 1
Running head: THE AT PROMISE CHILD
The At Promise Child: An Alternative Paradigm
Timothy S. Stuart
tstuart@atpromise.com
Seattle Pacific University
The At Promise Child 2
The At Promise Child
Ninety percent of America's youth belong to one or more official "at-risk"
category. These include, but are not limited to, children living in poverty, minority
children, immigrant and bilingual children, children with disabilities and latchkey
children. Nine-out-of-ten kids on every playground in America, and 90 out of 100 teens
in every school cafeteria are at risk, in some way, today (Ornstein and Hunkins, 1998).
Very few families are unaffected by these statistics, and even fewer families are exempt
from concern.
The "At Risk" Label
While there are many popular arguments for labeling children "at-risk", most of
them benefit researchers, institutions, advocacy groups and policy makers rather than
children. (Banks and Banks, 2001) At its best, labeling......

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