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How is my Difficult Child going to survive the winter in Colorado?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tanya M" data-source="post: 672217" data-attributes="member: 18516"><p>Hi BG,</p><p></p><p>I can speak from personal experience on this one. My son has survived some harsh winters in Denver and he is not one to go to a shelter. He has lived under a bridge and in abandoned buildings.</p><p></p><p>I also worked in downtown Denver for many years and saw the same homeless people daily. I learned quite a bit about how they live and survive. They panhandle and manage to get enough money to eat on. There were times that I and others would buy a couple of hot dogs and a pop from the street vendor and give them to a homeless person. As for shelter, they will find abandoned buildings to sleep in. Of course this isn't ideal but they do manage.</p><p></p><p>The Denver Rescue Mission seeks out the homeless and encourages them to go to shelters but many won't go, they prefer to live the way they do. The homeless people actually network together, they learn from each other where to go and how to get help. Being homeless in a big city is better than being homeless in a small town.</p><p></p><p>The hardest part is accepting that our adult child chooses to live this way.</p><p></p><p>((HUGS)) to you..........................</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanya M, post: 672217, member: 18516"] Hi BG, I can speak from personal experience on this one. My son has survived some harsh winters in Denver and he is not one to go to a shelter. He has lived under a bridge and in abandoned buildings. I also worked in downtown Denver for many years and saw the same homeless people daily. I learned quite a bit about how they live and survive. They panhandle and manage to get enough money to eat on. There were times that I and others would buy a couple of hot dogs and a pop from the street vendor and give them to a homeless person. As for shelter, they will find abandoned buildings to sleep in. Of course this isn't ideal but they do manage. The Denver Rescue Mission seeks out the homeless and encourages them to go to shelters but many won't go, they prefer to live the way they do. The homeless people actually network together, they learn from each other where to go and how to get help. Being homeless in a big city is better than being homeless in a small town. The hardest part is accepting that our adult child chooses to live this way. ((HUGS)) to you.......................... [/QUOTE]
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