Posted on 07/29/2013 4:50:03 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Many low-income families receive government assistance to help them purchase food and housing.
Diapers are another story, a new study suggests.
Yale University researchers have found nearly a third of mothers cannot afford to purchase their infants diapers, raising health risks for not only babies but for moms who become stressed over the finances.
One expert not involved in the study called on more aid from state and federal agencies.
"Children wind up with all types of infections. There is a critical need for diapers and it's not being met," publich health advocate Helene Abiola said to Medpage Today. "Right now, there is a lot of interest and initiative in the public health space towards preventive services.
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what the heck happened to washing cloth diapers????
If you can’t afford diapers you can’t afford the kid.
But, heck, when did logic play a part in pregnancy?
How on earth did we live without disposable diapers?
They did not exist when I was a baby.
Democrat Obama and democrats are turning the USA into detroit or a ghetto.
socialism/democrats doesn't work.
Might take time away from doin nothin
I thought that, too. Then I realized we are talking about the "poor". You really expect the same people who've been waited on hand and foot by the govt. to wash diapers?
We must have diaper stamps!
Yes, I am so tired of people having children they can’t afford. Disposable diapers are expensive Our daughter recentily switched to cloth diapers to save her family money. Of course, we can’t expect welfare queens to worry about how much their chldren’s needs cost.
Another thing, there are so many welfare moms who use formula and don’t even try to breastfeed. They aren’t paying for the formula, so why be tied down to a baby, when you can leave him with grandma and continue partying?
We need a Department of Human Waste Recepticals.... oh wait we have a whole Administration of them!
We need a Department of Human Waste Recepticals.... oh wait we have a whole Administration of them!
“what the heck happened to washing cloth diapers????”
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I guess dat bes too much lak wook.
Sounds like a good project for Moochelle .... instead of interfering with what parents feed their kids, I thinks she’s better qualified for the waste disposal end of the process. Maybe she can propose a ‘green’ solution .... banana leaves or something. /s
>> what the heck happened to washing cloth diapers????
The same thing that happened to using a $10/month landline phone.
Hidden in some penumbra or another is a constitutional RIGHT to disposable diapers and data-plan cellphones!
When our babies were born we were not wealthy but were at least comfortable. My late wife used cloth diapers and washed them.
She did use disposables for traveling but that was it. She kept the cloth diapers perfectly clean and soft. I would not expect people on welfare to have to wash dirty diapers tho.
Cloth diapers have to be boiled. Ick!
Yeah; well if they stop accepting EBT's at Casinos, Tattoo parlors, hair and nail salons, etc., and the handouts are used ONLY for what they are intended, then maybe the diapers could be purchased.
I believe one way that could solve the abuse is to provide FOOD, Diapers, Housing, and Medicaid treatment, with NO CASH WHATSOEVER for the parasites. Exchanging diapers or food for crack and tattoos might slow down the abuse.
Maybe instead of having a child they couldn’t afford to buy diapers for, some of these “women” (teenage girls most likely) should have thought of their child and given them up for adoption to a family that could afford diapers.
And cloth diapers? Next we’ll hear that they can’t afford to wash those so our society should just hand out Pampers on the corner I guess.
Why did my wallet’s sphincter just tighten?
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