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Nov 23, 2009

2 (lame, but legit) reasons to sponsor older boys if the commitment of sponsorship scares you.

1. They probably won’t care as much whether you write them.

2. They’ll be out of the program sooner than the little, cuter kids.

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12 Responses

  1. 1
    pendy says:
    November 23, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    …and the bonus? You will take a bite of the sad reality that there are scads of them from which to choose.

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    Molly Piper says:
    November 23, 2009 at 2:05 pm

    I disagree with #1.

    There have even been studies into the impact of receiving letters from sponsors. I don’t know if they controlled for age of the sponsored child, but from what I’ve seen, it really matters to all of them to be contacted by their sponsor.

    But you can EMAIL your sponsored child, and that might make letter writing easier for most people.

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    Elizabeth Esther says:
    November 23, 2009 at 2:31 pm

    I did it because older boys are often overlooked. I picked the first older boy I saw. Frankly, I think picking a kid based on cuteness is way lamer.

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  4. 4
    Al says:
    November 23, 2009 at 2:39 pm

    What kind of sponsorship?

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    carissa says:
    November 23, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    how is something “lame but legit”? for me that gets a #.

    anyway, i’m encouraged to write to my sponsor child more now, even though she’s older.

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    Saskia says:
    November 24, 2009 at 3:17 am

    I would say it’s extremely important to sponsor older kids. It’s just like with adoption: a lot of people want the cute babies, or the toddlers they can still mold into their families. The older kids – the ones that need so much guidance – end up in foster care homes and institutions. Since when do we judge someone’s worth on their level of cuteness?

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    Valerie says:
    November 24, 2009 at 4:57 am

    I don’t know if you meant that to be sarcastic or not, but your post struck a wrong chord in me. I have 3 sons of my own who still at 13, 16 and 18 desperately crave love and attention and ground rules even when the hormones are raging. They try to prove they are tough and tell me over and over that they don’t need anyone, but that is really their insecurities saying, “don’t let go, I’m afraid.’ I know circumstances have a huge impact in making kids who they are and influencing the ways in which they react differently, but LOVE can do all things, at any age.

    I was always bothered how when out in public, everyone clamors to the infants and little babies, but once they are 5 or so no one pays them any attention. It’s like they are no longer important.

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      Chris says:
      November 24, 2009 at 6:52 am

      I think he meant that older kids tend to act like it doesn’t matter to them as much. Yet it does matter, which is why I think he wrote this post, to make us see that, and it worked.

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    Chris says:
    November 24, 2009 at 6:50 am

    And if they are older, perhaps they have suffered longer under the conditions that cause them to need sponsorship, so maybe they will need someone to love and pray for them even more.

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