Unit two- Reflective blog

When I spoke to Diane I already had a good idea about where I wanted to take my research. Misconceptions and stereotypes was a recurring topics and to make sure my perspective on the topic wasn't bias I asked her about the stereotypes she saw while working with low-income families. She said that most of the stereotypes are not true, such as most of these families are immigrants, lazy, these families are having a negative impact on the rest of the community or that if these families can't afford children they shouldn't be having anymore. She also said that these families have experienced certain obstacles such as abuse, addictions, emloyment loss and even if other people who are not low-income have experienced these things as well its important to realize that some can persevere through it fine while others cannot for whatever reason. I also like how she mentioned that people in general are more similar than different and all desire the same things for their families. So why do we put down people who are just trying to do the same thing others are doing and create a good future for their kids? She said that most income-families are uneducated and probably have a high school diploma or less. Part of her job was to educate them on life skills and the best way to take care of their babies.
So this helped me out a lot with my research. I wanted to make sure that I wasn't arguing against these stereotypes if they actually did have some truth to them. I started to think that it would be good to include reasons why the rest of the community should take part in this issue. Judging others is only hurting the community. Not just on a humane level but also from an economic standpoint. Diane said people are usually afraid to help because of misunderstanding or low-self esteem. My website would aim to enlighten those who don't understand the life of low-income familiy and that helping them can be as simple as a change in attitude.
The more I research, the more questions I have and many of these questions can't be answered by the research I'm doing. Sometimes its just hard to understand why we treat each other the way we do.