Sad situation
The mother was not out partying but working at a job that didn’t pay enough for child care
There are probably programs to help her but she didn’t know about them
At least she was working and trying
Balderdash.
It is easy to become overwhelmed when you are taking care of the mentally ill while working minimum wage or barely above it getting paid a dollar that is worth but a fraction of the one your parents earned, and are probably have health problems yourself. And these days with divorce and one child households for the last few decades being the norm, people do not have the family network of helpers that we did.
It is easy for people who know nothing but what the press bothers to note and nothing about what is omitted to say “balderdash.”
That said, this isn’t a 10 year old or 15 year old , it is just a 5 year old.
I can understand being afraid to leave a child with a babysitter these days and at her wages there is no way she would find an adult to babysit here in Florida, though you might find a teen, if all the teens weren’t doomscrolling 18 hrs a day.
Poor woman doing her best and having to make tough choices - I hope they find a program to take care of her child so she can go to work with a clear conscience.