“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”

I have to admit, sometimes Mister Rogers scared me. I dont’ know why - maybe it was his seriousness, or maybe it was the puppets in the “make-believe” section. But I did love the catchy “Won’t you be my neighbor” song.  At any rate this mom believes that we need more of that philosophy in this day in age. Do you know your neighbor?  When we build fences & gated communities around us, it sometimes is difficult to get to know your neighbor. I recently read an article in the NY Times, entitled “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” which was about an author getting to know his neighbors and actually asking to stay over at their house for a night to do so. Though slightly unconventional in this day in age, this mom thinks that “getting to know” your neighbors is an important lesson to instill in children. I hope to teach my family to keep building bridges between our neighbors and not walls, because there are enough of those around us already.