Hand Puppets And Hard Drugs: ‘Sesame Street’ Tackles The Opioid Crisis

How ‘Sesame Street’ tackled the opioid crisis:

Share to twitter10-year-old Salia Woodbury, whose parents are in recovery, with"Sesame Street" character Karli in New York. Data shows 5.7 million children under 11 live in households with a parent with substance use disorder. The initiative is part of 'Sesameoften reflects on the raw reality of life for children who don’t recognize themselves in the sunlit, suburban world of children’s entertainment.

What a wonderful alternative to the saccharine-soaked landscape of children’s television; the value ofThe show’s newest character, Karli, has a mother who suffers from an opioid addiction, another brutal reflection on a social issue that the vast majority of children’s television, and even adult-oriented shows, are extremely reluctant to acknowledge.

Karli discusses her mother’s addiction frankly, and Elmo’s father explains the complexity of the situation to his son, without ever placing blame on Karli’s mother. G.I. Joe

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