After spending the time with boys from Boys and Girls Town, I have really started to come to grips with what life is like for these young individuals. They aren't all parent-less, unloved, troubled children that can't handle themselves in public like some people may jump to believe. In fact, nearly all of them are quite "normal." That is not to say that they don't have some problems that most of us are fortunate enough to avoid throughout our lives, but that is what Boys and Girls Town is for. The people there help these underprivileged children through their more fragile years into a time in which they can begin to live independently. Without places like Boys and Girls Town, these young men could be falling into a less honest means of making their living and developing habits from a young age that could quite literally rob the community of its economic and cultural potential, both directly and indirectly.
Ryan Coleman
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