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[quote=Anonymous]Some of these stories are tough. On the other hand, I wonder what our parents' stories stories would be. The benign neglect I went through in my own childhood is really nothing compared to the abject poverty and hunger that both my parents went through during the Great Depression. My father worked as a fruit and vegetable picker from when he was 12 until he joined the navy (illegally, but they took him) at age 15. My own mom, the oldest of 7, was regularly sent by HER mom to grocery stores to try to buy food on credit after my grandfather drank his coal mining wages. She still talks about the shame of that. So in general, although I didn't have a perfect childhood, my parents did a lot better than their own, and I'm grateful for that. [/quote]
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