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<blockquote data-quote="everywoman" data-source="post: 212583" data-attributes="member: 1436"><p>Loth, I was just discussing this with husband earlier today when we were watching one of the news stations. I told him I don't know what I would have done had I been a single parent or trying to survive on one income. </p><p></p><p>Everything we tried to help difficult child costs us a fortune. We spent a lot of time, energy, and emotion trying to get through the teen years. I can't imagine what the working "poor" do---those caught in the middle. There was no help from anyone for difficult child. Even the pd we had to use cost us $500 to go into court for difficult child to plead guilty as a juvinille for riding in the back seat of a car with a group of older boys who were basing mailboxes. At the time husband was just getting out of rehab and we had not caught up financially from his addiction. But, I made a few hundred dollars above the maximum for a free pd. </p><p></p><p>Each hospital stay costs us another 10-12 thousand dollars out of pocket. Add to that years of pyschiatrists and medications, and well, we spent a small fortune--all of difficult child's college fund, and most of pcdaugthers trying to "save" him from himself. And nothing worked.</p><p></p><p>Had I been single, I cringe to think about what I would have done. Would I have been willing to abandon him to get him help? Yeah, I probably would have. How sad that it would take that to try and get help for a parent and child!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It seems so unfair that there are so many children who fall through the cracks because help is just not affordable or available.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="everywoman, post: 212583, member: 1436"] Loth, I was just discussing this with husband earlier today when we were watching one of the news stations. I told him I don't know what I would have done had I been a single parent or trying to survive on one income. Everything we tried to help difficult child costs us a fortune. We spent a lot of time, energy, and emotion trying to get through the teen years. I can't imagine what the working "poor" do---those caught in the middle. There was no help from anyone for difficult child. Even the pd we had to use cost us $500 to go into court for difficult child to plead guilty as a juvinille for riding in the back seat of a car with a group of older boys who were basing mailboxes. At the time husband was just getting out of rehab and we had not caught up financially from his addiction. But, I made a few hundred dollars above the maximum for a free pd. Each hospital stay costs us another 10-12 thousand dollars out of pocket. Add to that years of pyschiatrists and medications, and well, we spent a small fortune--all of difficult child's college fund, and most of pcdaugthers trying to "save" him from himself. And nothing worked. Had I been single, I cringe to think about what I would have done. Would I have been willing to abandon him to get him help? Yeah, I probably would have. How sad that it would take that to try and get help for a parent and child! It seems so unfair that there are so many children who fall through the cracks because help is just not affordable or available. [/QUOTE]
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