She is able to slow them down and motivate them. She's really excellent with kids. Lorraine loves working with youth at risk, but her greatest frustration with Climbing for Life is that all the kids they've worked with so far have been boys. Boys are fun. I'm interested in doing work with young females.
Boys get into trouble, they fight, they get thrown in jail, they act out.
Girls at risk flaunt themselves sexually, they abuse their bodies. They end up pregnant and on welfare rather than in jail. But a teen mom is just as much at risk as an adjudicated youth. To pursue her desire to work with more girls, Lorraine has organized a study group to explore what it means to be female at risk in our society. She wants to raise the level of consciousness among the volunteers at CFL to enable them to tailor their program to suit the needs of girls.