Talking to children about homelessness and addiction is part of parenthood in S.F. [sfchronicle.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 12/27/2411:57 AM

^{Tatiana Alabsi and her 11-year-old son, Sami, walk through San Francisco’s Tenderloin to the police station, where they take a karate class. Scott Strazzante/The Chronicle}

By Maggie Angst, San Francisco Chronicle, December 27, 2024

Walking through San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, Tatiana Alabsi and her 11-year-old son, Sami, often must navigate tents, people in drug-induced stupors, and groups congregating over stolen goods or drugs.

For Alabsi’s family, who immigrated from Yemen to San Francisco in 2014, the city’s struggles to address its homelessness and drug crises are ever present in their lives.

“I always explain (to my children) that these people have challenges,” Alabsi said while sitting on her couch at home. “Something happened to them, and we should always respect them.”

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