Do you feel like there are so many children in poverty because of careless parents?
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People are poor for a variety of reasons. However, I do believe that it is a persons choice whether or not to continue their education as well as use birth control. If 2 people are involved and are not financially ready to care for a child, then that is their fault b/c they brought them into the world. Now, granite that seems a little harsh, but ultimately you are responsible for your choices and the consequences they bring. Good or Bad.
if the child is not happy - that's the parents' fault
no.. i dont think so... it's hard being a parent...
no, i don't think that adults want their children living in poverty just because they are careless. things happen. my hubby and i are pretty damn near the poverty line and we work three jobs between the two of us.
Most parents don't have children in poverty. A lot of times things happen in life that parents can't control. My uncle for one had a wonderful job with a large company, the company sold out and let all of the original hands go and hired in new ones. By the time he was able to find another job he had lost almost everything he had worked so hard for in the last 20 years or so. He did get back on his feet, but it took some time. Then you have children that are born into a life style that is not for any human, drugs, prostitution on the streets, just to name a few. I will say that my husband works his behind off so that I can be home for the kids. There are times that we do without the material pleasures, but our children always have food, nice clothing, anything they may need and are able to participate in sports.
That's a tough question. I personally feel that it is a horrible cycle that travels from one generation to the next. These poor children are born with nothing, get a poor education, have no educational or job opportunities and live in neighborhoods with gangs, violence, and drugs. As a result, they usually drop out of school and fall into these bad habits at an early age. It is all they know what to do and their parents are the same way. And then they have children. and the same thing happens over and over again. I wouldn't necessarily say its the parents fault...they don't know any better. I feel the only way to solve this problem is through money and education...cleaning up these places and providing educational opportunities so these children can eventually get good jobs and move out of the neighborhood, thus providing a better environment for their own children.
Before I had kids, I would have said that if you can not take care of your own kids, don't have them. (Mainly talking about women in third world countries who are impoverished). But now, it is a whole other story.
Don't get me wrong, I do think there are people out there who could not give a damn and who are negligent, but I think that most people are trying...hard to take care of their kids. Circumstances are not always the best and they do not have the resources to care for their kids like we do. But does that mean they should not have kids? Maybe, maybe not. What about the women who are raped and did not have a choice in the matter? I don't think anyone has the right to say who can and can not have a baby.
It is really hard to raise kids and governments don't help as much as they should. Education, health care and funding for child care should be more of a priority. I would not blame the parents solely for impoverished children. I think theses so-called "specialists" are just trying to pass the buck for their incompetence.
I think in most cases that if protection was used that there wouldn't be so many children in poverty. So yes, careless parents are to blame.
If you can't feed em dont breed em!
Poverty can be a state in which we live or it can be mental. I grew up middle class, worked since I've been 14 yrs. old, ( age 50 now), and when I left home with one child, born out of wedlock, and tried to make it, welfare and working went hand in hand. I couldn't provide the quantity of things in my child's life, but the heat never was turned off, phone was always on, water on, electric on and even had cable. I managed $$ well and didn't have to resort to illegal activities to make ends meet. Where we lived was considered a very rough area of town and my child ended up a straight A student, graduating in the top 10 of her class and she saw the struggles of my life. But she also saw we were rich mentally which in turn overcame the emptiness in the pocket. So, blame the parent, it depends on how you are defining poverty, in the pocket or in the mind. A mind that is rich can fill a heart with love, joy and overcome most physical and emotional emptiness that can make a person poor.
I now have two grown children, a foster child, and a husband who I have been with for 20 yrs. The only thing I have struggled for is to keep my family together and teach them life is not fair, but you must try to play fair to allow the blessings to flow. They have followed this advice and so to me, I am very rich.
Just because a family is poor doesn't mean that they can't provide a loving nurturing home. They just can't buy their children certain things. It all depends on the type of poverty we are talking about. It it living in the streets or something different? Good luck with your project!!!
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