Kit and the Hobo's

Well guys, I took the girls to movies and saw the American Girl film, Kitt Kitteredge. It was a really great American Girl movie. It is set in the Depression Era; so my girls got a good education on what it means to be thankful for the things they have. The first question Sophia asked me was, "mom what is a hobo?" So I had to tell her it is were the kids either ended up homeless because parents died or had to go to work in a different city and leave their kids behind. MAN! That was a difficult thing to explain to a 6 year old. But it never fails that everyday they scream they want something or other. Or they don't appreciate what we -as parents do for them and I always call the ungrateful. In this movie it shows people having their houses forclosed, selling their furniture, Hobo's coming into neighborhoods to look for jobs.. The main girl in the movie (Kit), well her dad owned a automotive business and had money. She was interested in becomin a reporter (at only about 8 years old). Anyways her dad ended up losing his business and had to leave and work in Chicago. Her mom turned their huge house into a boarding home. Long story short she made friends with the hobos while everyone else was trying to run them out of town and wanted to write about them in the paper. She ended up do just that. Let me just say I love the American Girl movies and hope that they produce more for the movie theaters!