Week 4

         I want to first start my post off by saying hello to everyone. This has been a long week for me,

 and I can not wait till our holiday vacation starts. This week I looked over the many choices that we

 had on the list. I can say that I have been very blessed to have the childhood that I have. My parents

 have worked really hard so that me, and my siblings had everything that we needed as well as things

 that we did not need. We have also been very fortunate to be well supervised by our parents which

 kept us safe.

         My post is about my mother, and her childhood. My mother was not as fortunate to

 have a  childhood like she help provide us. My grandparents were poor farmers who had seven

 children. They lived in a small home, and practically lived off the land. My mother said that her

childhood made her sad lacking some of basic needs at times.

        I stayed home and researched stats in the US. More than 16.1 million children in America are poor, but they live in working families. Most of the impoverished families are Black and Latino. Children of impoverished homes lag behind their peers in many ways other than just their family income: They are less healthy because of malnutrition. They are often emotionally and intellectually damaged.  Poor children also are likely to become the poor parents of the future due to stats. It is really to see that one of the richest countries has citizens that are poor, and working.