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Originally Posted by BrandyHagz
There are a class of people, called the 'working poor' who don't qualify for services, but can't afford to meet the basic needs of their families. It is these people who are most at risk.
If I had been poorer and unemployed, there is a good chance I would have made the decision to parent, beacuse I would have had the services available to me to help me do that. However, because I didn't have those services, I felt I had no other choice.
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See Brandy, this is kind of what is sticking in my mind...The people out there who are getting turned away left and right, HAVE no support, and feel like they have no other alternative...
Like I said, my SIL and I have been talking about this a great deal lately (I was trying to find assistance for my friend) and she was saying that she can't believe how many people she's turning away because the funds simply aren't there...
And Michelle mentioned before that there's a difference between necessities and "extras", and I can totally see that...there's a difference between no heat and no exersaucer.
So in essence, as my mind is processing all of this, I'm just trying to consider a woman who is pregnant...and in her mind can't "see" that far into the future...Where does she go from there? Especially if she's working with a less than reputable person/agency that isn't so free with giving options...
Sometimes I will read things on the boards that will trigger something that is either happening IRL, or has happened with one of my kids firstparents...and then my brain starts to short circuit...
I appreciate your point of view...Thanks.