A 'Sesame Street' Muppet shares her mother's struggle with addiction

One of"Sesame Street's" tiny, young Muppets is dealing with a big, adult issue as part of an effort to help families dealing with substance abuse.

Sesame Workshop, the organization that produces the beloved children's show, has created a series of videos that features 6-year-old Karli talking to her friends about her mom's struggle with addiction.Karli came to"Sesame Street" in May to stay with a foster family because her mother was"having a hard time.

— Sesame Street October 10, 2019 "I'm proud of Mom and Dad for asking for help, and not using drugs or alcohol anymore. And they're proud of me, for just being me," she said in the video.Sesame Workshop says it wants children to know that they're not alone and to give them tools to help cope with the difficult feelings they're having if their parents are suffering from addiction.

one of my favorite shows growing up

I assume this guy is supplying.

Ya if someone is sick alot. Now alot of kids say my mom or dad or whoeva is a junkie. F that show. We are all junkies statics and Govt loves to say that. F them too

Crazy! Damn it! What else is next!

Sesame Street created by elitist who wanted to destroy the family home. It was Big Bird, Earnie & Bert all sold homosexuality to children of the 70s to present day. They planted the seeds that has led to where we are right now. Yes it’s considered acceptable but they created it

The mean streets of Sesame

Six year olds don't actually realize when their mom is an addict -- they only know that 'mommy is sick a lot,' but they do not and cannot understand why, because they can't grasp the very concept of addiction.

Lots of little kids have parents who are addicted to drugs or alcohol, lots of little kids get beaten by their parent/s, lots of little kids don't have enough food, the list is long and disturbing, so why choose just this subject ?

Okay now sesamestreet is going way too far! 5 year olds can’t even spell let alone process addiction. Stick to the fundamentals. Let Degrassi handle the hard stuff

How about a hermaphrodite exhibitionist who has a lisp?

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What happened to TV entertaining and educating kids about, I don't know, animals, nature, storytelling, playing, and so forth?

Sesame Street is illuminati based. YouTube it

Oh shit we finna explain to the innocent how fuxed up I am Don’t know what I would have done if my child didn’t know I was getting high Thanks

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Ever since Kermit the Frog murdered Jim Henson and Gonzo helped him to cover it up, drug addiction among the Muppets is up 500% but, that's not my problem.

All well and good, but will you need to be able to afford an HBO subscription to watch it?

Man...leave sesame street be...geez!!

Reminds me of the ep when Snuffleuffagus was dealing with that coke problem.

What's next Big Bird is homeless and defecates in the middle of Sesame street.

lmclaug would love your thoughts if you’ve seen it.

Why are you assuming karli's gender?

Is SesameStreet?

Kids these days will never know about good cartoons. Political correctness/weird culture has deprived them. 👎

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