Parents also get a Head Start
Head Start serves children by helping their parents, too.
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Seattle Times staff columnist
Head Start is a good place for parents to get an education. The always evolving program isn't just about kids.
Children are at its center, but if you want to help children thrive, it's best to have engaged, knowledgeable parents.
If you're one of those people whose response to school trouble or juvenile crime is to point to the parents, then you ought to champion early-education programs like Head Start that more and more are about the whole family.
Lori Pittman, one of the many parents who have benefited from Head Start, got to tell her story at the White House last week, because she is now helping other parents. Pittman was one of 11 people from around the country who were honored as Head Start "Champions of Change." I caught up with her this week as she was working