The growth includes the community because the parents are a part of it. The troupe has grown as far as dancing and numbers, but one of the most beautiful things is that a lot of the mothers have found support from each other. In Spanish we say, carnalismo, which means brotherhood, but in this case it's sisterhood. In Mariposas, the parents have to come to the parenting meetings, or their children cannot perform with the troupe. You need to teach responsibility.
Nothing is free in life.
I'm not asking for money. I ask for two hours of their time, and I don't think that's asking too much. Their children don't want to hear from me that they are doing good, they want to hear it from their parents. That's why they must be involved. I provide parenting courses that I was trained to do and bring in social workers and counselors.