Starving kids in Hillsborough

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Originally Posted by JaPaKoMom

I would love to rep you but I must spread the love. Honestly, it is not up to us to judge this woman and her problems. We all have problems, some of us just hide them better. I hope she and her family get the help they need and things look up for them. Imagine what the 9 year old has to face at school now due to this whole "news" story.

Please - she chose to be interviewed for the "news" story, I would bet that she's the one that brought it to the "news" in the first place, likely looking for some crowd funding.

It's cool to give people the benefit of the doubt, but usually you just have to go with your gut feeling.

[cyberfx1024]

Originally Posted by zitsky

Lots of people passing judgment on this family. Have you been in their shoes? Yes the 19 yr old should be working, but we don't know why she doesn't have a job. Maybe she's tried.

If the kid is 19 and ain't in school or working then she should go in the military, simple as that. Sorry but at 19 I was already in the Marine Corps.

[cyberfx1024]

Originally Posted by poppydog

I’m guessing she does not have three formally adopted children. One of the articles I linked said she had a 9 yr old and a 19 yr old and two of the 19 yr olds friends staying with her. That doesn’t sound like she is receiving government assistance for any formal adoptions. (And btw, I know foster parents get some $$ from agencies for fostering but had not heard that adoptive families receive $$. Can anyone verify that? That doesn’t sound right to me. I have friends who foster and friends who are adoptive parents both. )

If the 9 yr old is her bio kid she may be due some child support from the dad.

Anyway sounds like she did not know where to turn for help and when she reached out to churches was not assisted directly or directed to a food bank or agency that could help or she didn’t want to go there if she was.

So basically 3 people that are 18 years old or above and she can't afford anything.

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Can we close this thread?