For A Poor Child, This Is A Luxury

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Ansel 3 year s ago

I've often wished that their was some required financial means test before having children so that no child would ever be forced to suffer parents who cannot afford them.

Claas 3 year s ago

Ansel, That's a really broad brush you're using to paint a family's financial situation. I know there's a percentage of people who do enter into having children with blind eyes; however, there are just as many -- if not more of late-- where a parent(s) can be faced with hardships. Anywhere from losing their job, being injured or becoming ill can place a family into quick financial decline with very little resources that are afforded to others who're already in the welfare system simply because it takes time to get those benefits to kick in. Also, many middle income family's don't enter into the welfare programs since they're so very difficult to climb out from, for a myriad of reasons and the parent(s) are hopeful new employment is just around the corner. So don't be so quick to judge when you clearly have no knowledge aside from your cynicism as to the variety of hardships there are that many people are facing.

Sheldon 3 year s ago

Quote: Ansel

Ansel 42 min ago
I've often wished that their was some required financial means test before having children so that no child would ever be forced to suffer parents who cannot afford them.

Life happens buddy. Sometimes tragedy or accidents happen that effect the parents income. It's not always just trash raising kids.

Tony 3 year s ago

Lonzo 3 year s ago

this makes me cry so much. I don't have much but still give things I don't use to people in need. No matter how low you fall, their are always people that have it worse. Never forget that!

Greta 3 year s ago

Lonzo, So true #14 broke my heart she watched every penny for sales and coupons. You make do with what you can. Been there myself. You sound like a kind soul. I hope you have a great day

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"Being able to get candy at a store.

New school supplies.

Brand name food."

"Honestly didn't know that pasta roni was 1$ until I was a grown @$$ man. I thought that was some gourmet s@#t."

"Having a fridge full of food."

"Owning books."

"My mom bought me the bag of chips I wanted as a birthday present."

"Being allowed to turn on the heat during the winter, and also being able to hire a professional to fix broken appliances, plumbing, etc"

"Renting a movie from blockbuster the first weekend of every month. My brother and I got to pick any movie we wanted as long as it wasn’t rated R. On really special nights, we even got a 2-liter bottle of Sprite for the family to share."

"McDonald's

Clothes that fit

Soda

Having a toy that other kids thought was cool"

"It's a long time ago - but when I was young (about 6-8 years old) back in the early 1960's we had meat once a week for the family dinner - on Sundays."