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[quote=Anonymous]I know a poor family in DC who does this. I think they get the dogs because a relative or something is in crisis and needs someone to watch their animal, and sometimes to make their kids happy. And they get rid of them when the relative's crisis is over or they can't get it together to care for the dog or the landlord figures it out that they have a dog and they get threatened with eviction because pets aren't allowed. The parents in this household have a lot of challenges--mental illness, history of violence, etc.--but I don't think everyone in poverty is like this family.

Another frustrating thing I've noticed that is a "tell" of a family that is not just poor but really struggling to keep things together is beeping smoke alarms. Whether it's physical inability to climb up and change the batteries, lack of executive function to figure out where the batteries are sold and remember to go get them, or just being so out of it or uncomfortable that the beeping doesn't even register that's a bad sign of ability to function. And it's not the cost of the batteries in many of these--it truly is not. [/quote]

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