Clips from the show feature the character - whose mother is battling an opioid addiction - with famous Muppet Elmo as well as a young girl named Salia Woodbury, whose parents are in recovery in real life.
Salia Woodbury, 10, with character Karli. My mom was having a hard time with addiction and it felt like I was the only on going through it,' the ***tional character tells Salia. The character was first introduced in April as someone living in foster care and now her story line has expanded to explain why she was placed in a new home.
According to Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organization behind Sesame Street, the story shares the 'words children need to hear most: You are not alone. The initiative is part of the Sesame Street in Communities resources available online with creators explaining they turned to the issue of addiction since data shows 5.7 million children under age 11
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Creators prefer 'addiction' to 'substance abuse' and 'recovery' to 'sobriety' because those terms are clearer to children.