More than resilience: Why every child needs a village | Dr. Christina Pipkin | TEDxBessies Creek

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Children with incarcerated parents are often expected to overcome extraordinary challenges through resilience alone, yet resilience is rarely enough without meaningful support. Drawing from her lived experience, educational research, and work as a school founder, Dr. Christina "Pip" Pipkin explores how schools and communities can become villages of compassion that help break generational cycles of incarceration and create lasting opportunities for children and families. Dr. Christina "Pip" Pipkin is an educator, researcher, and founder of FAYE Learning Center. Drawing from her lived experience as the daughter of an incarcerated parent and nearly 20 years in education, her work explores how schools and communities can become powerful systems of belonging that help children and families break generational cycles. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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