“How Do We Break Out of Pity?”: Reframing Children as Philanthropic Citizens
NonProfit Quarterly
APRIL 8, 2025
Shifting from Pity to Solidarity Children are often encouraged to contribute by evoking pity, said Neugebauer (the classic example: Eat up your peasthere are starving kids in Africa.). While children are increasingly involved in school-based fundraising, this is often framed as the haves giving to the have-nots.
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