“She wakes to the sound of breathing. The smaller children lie tangled beside her, their chests rising and falling under winter coats and wool blankets. A few feet away, their mother and father sleep near the mop bucket they use as a toilet. Two other children share a mattress by the rotting wall where the mice live, opposite the baby, whose crib is warmed by a hair dryer perched on a milk crate. “
The PARENT/s are CHOOSING this life for their children and want us to feel guilty. These parents need to be sterilized if they can’t raise children responsibly.
Parents - exactly!
Isn’t every single kid in this country covered by some type of welfare? How is it possible that we have any homeless kids? The only thing I can think of is that the parents are misappropriating (stealing) the kids’ welfare checks.
WE (society) should not be responsible for these kids; parents should be.