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Dear Parents and Teachers,
You might ask, "Why did we write this book for children?" We have realized over the years that it is important to talk with children about difficult issues happening in the world. They do notice them, and they do worry. It is better for them when we, as the adults, bring up these issues in a safe, caring way, allowing them to express their ideas and even their fears.
As many as fifteen thousand children in the United States are placed in foster care due to detainment or deportation of a parent. The placement of children in protective care usually lasts as long as the legal proceedings, which could take months. Teachers have little idea of how to work with children with these kinds of emotional challenges. At present, there is a lack of research on the specific ways that the deportation of a parent shapes the children left behind. What we do know, however, is that the separation of families under these kinds of circumstances is certain to have adverse consequences for newborns, grade-school children, and adolescents alike.
As parents and educators, we can help all children understand what the children of undocumented immigrants are going through. We hope this book will help them see these children as very like them, with loving families, hopes, and dreams.
Estimados padres y maestros Ustedes se preguntaran "porque escribimos este libro para los ninos". En los ultimos diez anos hemos visto la importancia que tiene el dialogo con los ninos acerca de los temas que estan pasando alrededor del mundo. Ellos se dan cuenta y ademas se preocupan de los eventos mundiales. Para los ninos es mejor que los adultos hablen con ellos estos temas en un ambiente seguro, con carino, para que puedan expresar sus ideas e inclusive sus temores.
En los Estados Unidos han Alrededor de 15,000 ninos en los sido dados a hogares de acogimiento por los que sus padres han sido deportados of detenidos.1 Estos ninos duran en estos hogares hasta que los asuntos legales de los padres se solucionen lo cual puede durar meses. Los maestros tienen poco conocimiento de como trabajar con los ninos que tienen esta clase de problemas emocionales. No se han hecho muchas investigaciones del impacto que produce en los ninos que sus padres sean deportados. Sin embargo, lo que si sabemos es que la separacion en estas circunstancias de los bebes, ninos y adolescentes tienen consecuencias adversas para todos.
Como padres y maestros debemos ayudar a entender a los ninos las dificultades pasan los ninos de los padres indocumentados. Esperamos que este libro ayude a ver que estos ninos son como ellos con familias que los quieren, con suenos y esperanzas.
