[samiam1972]

Let me say it again only I’ll be a bit more specific. We make less than $75K a year. We try to purchase older model cars for cash. I bake bread for my family to eat and we have a very simple diet. We rarely eat out, usually reserved for birthdays or special occasions. We don’t have cable TV and we don’t go on vacations. My kids are not spoiled. They work hard around the house and do odd jobs for their grandparents and our neighbors to earn spending cash.

It’s tight, yes, but we still manage to live a pleasant life, work and pray together, learn together and dream together. We are a very tight knit, unified team that sacrifices when needed in order to benefit others. We even manage to donate time, talent and treasure as often as possible. You really shouldn’t jump to conclusions.

[PigRigger]

God Has Blessed....But You Probably Already Know That...:>)

[wagglebee]

You need to understand that there are more than a few FReepers who are adamantly pro-death. They believe that people who don't certain criteria shouldn't be allowed to have children and many of them would love to see America have a one-child policy similar to China's.

Fifty years or so ago it wasn't at all unusual to see families with six or more children, NONE of the mothers worked and NOBODY wondered if they were on welfare. The difference is that nobody thought it was strange that these families didn't buy new cars every couple years and for their kids when they turned 16, nobody thought it was strange that these families didn't take multiple luxury vacations every year or eat in fancy restaurants several times a month.

Far too many Americans have traded children for materialism; however, while they certainly have every right to do this, they need to understand that there are still many people who aren't driven by avarice.