{"id":3992,"date":"2011-08-04T15:32:18","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T19:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/?p=3992"},"modified":"2011-08-05T10:32:10","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T14:32:10","slug":"what-will-happen-to-me-speaks-to-children-of-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/2011\/08\/what-will-happen-to-me-speaks-to-children-of-prisoners\/","title":{"rendered":"‘What Will Happen to Me?’ Speaks to Children of Prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"

In addition to the children of prisoners profiled in What Will Happen to Me?<\/a><\/em>, the same question could be asked of many others touched upon in this edition of Peacebuilder: child soldiers and ex-combatants around the world; confused teens harmed by draconian school policies; survivors of trauma; overburdened officials in criminal justice, educational, and other systems mandated to exercise social control; and all others suffering under the prevailing philosophy of punishment and exclusion, rather than restoration and community building.<\/p>\n

The children of prisoners, however, have been a hugely overlooked group until recently. As the book cover notes, \u201cEvery night, approximately 3 million children go to bed with a parent in prison or in jail.\u201d This means that almost every schoolteacher in America is likely to have at least one child in class who fits this description.<\/p>\n

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Employed at Girls Inc. in Hagerstown, Maryland, Jenn Dorsch, MA \u201910, (center) has been using What Will Happen to Me? to spark conversation within Secret Sisters, a weekly meeting of girls dealing with a family member\u2019s incarceration. Alanis Graham (left) has faced her father being in and out of prison for years. Secret Sisters has given Alanis \u201cthe tools she needs to deal with any big emotional things that come along,\u201d says her mother Beth, who articulates much gratitude for the support extended to her and Alanis. (Howard Zehr is in the background. Photo by Jon Styer.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What Will Happen to Me?<\/em> (Good Books, 2011) contains poignant photos by Howard Zehr of 30 children whose parents are incarcerated, along with the children\u2019s thoughts, plus some reflections by their caregivers. Co-author Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz has compiled practical suggestions on such topics as \u201cstaying in touch,\u201d \u201cadjusting to a parent\u2019s return,\u201d and \u201cself-care for family caregivers.\u201d One of the main objectives of What Will Happen to Me?<\/em> is to alleviate the sense of shame and isolation felt by the children of prisoners and to support their resiliency. The book also contains a valuable \u201cbill of rights\u201d for the well-being of these children.<\/p>\n

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Co-authors Howard Zehr and Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz are also frequent co-teachers of restorative justice topics at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. (Photo courtesy of Howard Zehr.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In addition to the children of prisoners profiled in What Will Happen to Me?, the same question could be asked of many others touched upon… Read more about ‘What Will Happen to Me?’ Speaks to Children of Prisoners<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[954,282,952,953,557],"issues":[948],"class_list":["post-3992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resources","tag-books","tag-howard-zehr","tag-jenn-dorsch","tag-lorraine-stutzman-amstutz","tag-restorative-justice","issues-spring-summer-2011"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3992"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4170,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3992\/revisions\/4170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3992"},{"taxonomy":"issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues?post=3992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}