Bravo, Wintertime for your sentiments. I think Bronxboy has other issues so don’t be so hard on him. If he’s Christian he might be very early in his walk of faith.
How many children do you have? Mrs Tom H and I have three, ages 9 through 15 now.
As for being broke raising kids on one income, I remember many months where we counted pennies to make ends meet. My in-laws used to send us $150 a month and demanded that we use the money to get our ourselves without the children. It was the only disposable income we had. But we were happy.