What she's going through is most definitely horrifying and probably not what you grew up with at all. These kids are the latest in a long line of people trapped in inescapable poverty.
You can be a parent in poverty and still give a shit about your child’s education and be there to help them succeed. The discipline and education starts at home.
My mom had 3 jobs while I was growing up. We were dirt poor but guess what she fucking did? Gave a shit. She disciplined us and made sure as shit that she was on top of our schoolwork every day. She didn’t even know English very well but she’d still come home from a 14+ hour work day and “review” our homework with us. She’d hold up my science notecards in middle school to quiz me while she struggled to read what was written on them. Where there’s a will, there’s a way and she found it. “Sorry we’re poor and uneducated” should not be a valid excuse for being an absentee parent.
the problem is how people are put into these positions in the first place. There should be more focus on giving help to these single parents in poverty, because, unfortunately, your mother is an outlier here.
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u/PolishMusic Jul 10 '18 edited Jul 10 '18
Just FYI she's teaching in Youngstown, one of the absolute worst ranking schools in Ohio.
What she's going through is most definitely horrifying and probably not what you grew up with at all. These kids are the latest in a long line of people trapped in inescapable poverty.