{"id":35741,"date":"2013-06-18T12:37:33","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T18:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christandpopculture\/?p=35741"},"modified":"2013-06-18T12:37:33","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T18:37:33","slug":"elsewhere-sesame-street-reveals-new-muppet-for-kids-with-incarcerated-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christandpopculture\/2013\/06\/elsewhere-sesame-street-reveals-new-muppet-for-kids-with-incarcerated-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"ELSEWHERE: &#8216;Sesame Street&#8217; Reveals New Muppet For Kids With Incarcerated Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><em>Sesame Street<\/em> has never been known to shy away from difficult and <a title=\"Leave Baby Bear and His Doll Alone\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christandpopculture\/2013\/02\/leave-baby-bear-and-his-doll-alone\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">controversial issues<\/a>, and now they\u2019re tackling another one: kids with incarcerated parents. The program has recently unveiled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sesamestreet.org\/parents\/topicsandactivities\/toolkits\/incarceration\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a toolkit<\/a> to help caregivers address the needs of such children. But this raises a good question: What does it say about our nation\u2019s problems when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/xx_factor\/2013\/06\/17\/sesame_street_reaches_out_to_kids_with_parents_in_jail_because_there_are.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">they become so widespread that they get addressed by\u00a0<em>Sesame Street<\/em><\/a>?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sesame Street has never been known to shy away from difficult and controversial issues, and now they\u2019re tackling another one: kids with incarcerated parents. The program has recently unveiled a toolkit to help caregivers address the needs of such children. 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