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From YouTube: Kinship Corner with Daryl Penn and guest Chasity McGhee
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Today's
topic
in
the
kinship
corner
an
interview
with
chasity
mcgee
from
kinship
kid
to
kinship
resource.
Welcome
to
kinship
corner,
I'm
daryl
penn
our
guest
for
today
is
chastity.
Mcgee.
Miss
mcgee
is
a
pupil
personnel
worker
for
the
school
system
and
was
raised
by
a
grandmother
in
informal
kinship
care.
So
when
did
you
begin
living
with
your
grandmother
and
why
so.
B
I
began
living
with
my
grandmother
as
soon
as
I
came
home
from
the
hospital.
My
mom
actually
was
pregnant
in
high
school,
her
senior
year
and
graduated
in
june,
and
had
me
in
november,
so
my
mom
wasn't
financially
stable
and
wasn't
living
on
her
own.
Yet
so
when
I
came
home
from
the
hospital
we
went
straight
to
my
grandmother's
house,
my
grandmother
would
always
tell
people
that
she
brought
me
straight
from
the
hospital
in
her
arms
to
her
house.
So.
B
B
Have
a
great
relationship.
She
actually
cares
for
my
one-year-old
daughter.
While
I
work
my
gran,
my
mom
and
I
we
get
along
very
well.
We
kind
of
sometimes
feel
like
siblings,
because
we
were
raised
in
the
same
household,
but
I
definitely
have
a
great
relationship
with
my
mom
and
my
mom
would
come
visit
me
at
my
grandma's
house
at
least
once
a
month
and
do
things
with
me.
So
I
think
as
a
kid
I
was
able
to
establish
a
pretty
decent
relationship
with
her.
So
it's
getting
stronger
as
we
get
older
as
well.
B
I
do
recall
getting
free
and
reduced
lunch
growing
up
when
I
was
in
school,
but
I
don't
recall
any
other
benefits
that
we
received.
I
think
at
the
time
people
didn't
know
what
was
out
there.
There
weren't
people
like
people,
personnel
workers
and
social
workers
in
the
school
system
that
you
could
go
to
and
ask
questions
and
seek
resources
and
things.
So
I
think
it
was
probably
resources
out
there,
but
we
just
didn't
know
about
them.
B
I
think
it's
also
important
as
a
ppw
to
be
able
to
empathize
with
the
families
and
provide
resources
and
things
that
they
may
need
in
order
to
help
raise
that
child
any
grandparent
or
honor
uncle
or
anyone
who
takes
on
another
child
to
raise
in
their
home
and
they've
already
in
most
cases
raise
their
own
is
def.
That
definitely
should
be
commended.
So
I
look
forward
to
working
with
our
kinship
care
families
as
a
people,
personnel
worker.
B
I
don't
think
I
understood
that
at
the
time,
but
now
as
I've
gotten
older,
I
I
realized
that
you
know
she
placed
me
where
I
needed
to
be
at
the
time.
What.
B
I
would
say:
love
always
wins,
it
never
fails.
So,
even
if
you
don't
know
the
right
answer,
even
if
you
don't
know
everything
love
the
child,
that
you're
taking
care
of
and
everything
will
work
itself
out,
my
grandparents
had
a
middle
school
and
an
elementary
education.
They
didn't
have
all
the
answers
they,
but
they
made
education
important.
B
It
was
important
to
our
house,
our
family,
and
so
when
they
didn't
know
something
they
they
they
would
seek
out
resources
and
support,
and
I
think
it's
important
that
you
understand
that
you
may
not
know
everything,
but
there
are
people
out
there.
That's
willing
to
help
you
and
to
try
to
seek
those
resources.
What.
B
One
day,
you're
gonna
grow
up,
you're
gonna
go
to
college
you'll
have
a
family
of
your
own,
so
this
is
only
a
small
portion
of
your
life,
but
you
have
to
make
the
best
out
of
it.
So
just
know
that
everything
is
okay.
Your
parents
love
you.
They
place
you
in
the
best
situation
possible
and
you're
gonna
make
it
through
this
situation.