Hi, Allison, John Gatto is a teacher. He's talking about the children he teaches, when he uses the term 'my'......

"..But here is the calculus of time the children I teach must deal with:

Out of the 168 hours in each week, my children sleep 56. That leaves them 112 hours a week out of which to fashion a self.

My children watch 55 hours of television a week according to recent reports. That leaves them 57 hours a week in which to grow up..."