A child’s empathy spurs lessons rooted in Catholic Social Teaching

A child’s empathy spurs lessons rooted in Catholic Social Teaching

We knew early on that our son was as curious as he was observant. Nothing gets past him. There are the questions that a parent expects to come with this age. Then there are questions like, “Mama, have you ever been unhoused?” “Have we ever been unhoused?” “Has Papa ever been unhoused?”

Our son is young, but in the city of Chicago — where the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless estimated more than 68,000 people experiencing homelessness in 2021 — such questions start early. 

As parents, we are trying to lean into his curiosity about being unhoused, but it never gets easier to hear such questions from a child. 

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