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Why art matters, even in poverty

This article was published by TalkPoverty.org and written by Alison Stine.


In the toy aisle, which is inconveniently next to the bread aisle, I tell my 5-year-old son we are not getting a truck today. I tell him we buy what we need, and not more. I tell him I have enough money for food, but nothing else. I tell him I don’t buy treats for myself.


“You buy art supplies,” my son says. And I’m stumped.


Because of course he’s right.