“And it’s OK to open up to people about our feelings.” “Right, we’re not alone,” Salia responded. It makes me feel like we’re not alone,” the puppet continued. But now I’ve met so many other kids like us. My mom was having a hard time with addiction and I felt like my family was the only one going through it. “Yeah, a sickness that makes people feel like they have to take drugs or drink alcohol to feel OK. “My mom and dad told me that addiction is a sickness,” said 10-year-old Salia Woodbury. Both of our parents have had the same problem – addiction,” Karli told the camera. Karli, voiced and manipulated by the puppeteer Haley Jenkins, was joined by a young girl whose parents are in recovery. This summer in Manhattan, puppeteers, producers and show creators crammed into a small studio in the not-for-profit organization’s Manhattan headquarters to tape some of the upcoming segments on addiction. The initiative is part of Sesame Street in Communities resources, which offer online child activities and assistance to parents. “Even a parent at their most vulnerable – at the worst of their struggle – can take one thing away when they watch it with their kids, then that serves the purpose,” Einhorn said. View image in fullscreen Jaana, standing left, and Sam Woodbury, from Irvine, California, and their daughters Salia, 10, seated right, and Kya, 6, with Karli and the puppeteer Haley Jenkins in New York.

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