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[quote=Anonymous]MIL and FIL are literate in their own language but are barely able to read and write in English.  They raised three skinny kids despite working 90 hours a week.  MIL would spend Sunday nights cooking things for the week.  The kids all had free school lunches but MIL would always make sure they had something for breakfast and dinner before she left the house at 6am.  It was difficult but they did it and never was it processed foods they were leaving for the kids.[quote=Anonymous]bingo!

And you were comparing yourself to - let's say - a mother of 15 yo who is illiterate in her own native language, working around the clock in two low-level jobs to make ends meet?  (I know several students who fit this scenario.)

Which PP said apples and oranges???

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a single mom for 10 years before I remarried. I lived in DC with my son (5 yrs old when we moved) in a small apt for 5 years before meeting my second DH.  We cooked at home, walked everywhere, learned to love the metro, used a cart for groceries and made it fun.  I dont buy the single mom excuse card at all.  Kids mimick you when you eat or cook so why is it that now being single or living on a smaller wage is an excuse to teach them things that will inevitably harm their health? I know we all do the best we can do but we also need to prioritize better. I have a hard time believing that a single mom who excuses herself from modeling good nutrition for her kids would change her ways once she was no longer single or living with a larger salary.  I know dual income families that feed their kids crap and they dont have a problem with resources - so to me, this is not a marital status or income issue.  This is a complacency issue. [/quote]

What's your level of formal education?  No snark, just curious.[/quote]

FWIW, [b]I have a doctorate[/b] but I earned less than 50K when I was single with my son.  We lived in a small apt and were very very frugal.  I am a musician so having a degree means literally nothing for your income.  I am educated certainly but [b]only in music as I went to a conservatory[/b] so I have high school education plus the conservatory education which is very tunnel visioned.  Besides the limited income I was making as a musician doing my best with local gigs and teaching out of the home, I would have had to think about waitressing or minimum wage if I wanted to earn more money because I had no training in anything else at the time.  I couldnt do that and take care of my son. So we had very little. We still managed.  Some years I made less than others - anywhere between 30-50.  It was challenging at times but honestly, I dont look back on it as a tough time.  We were very bonded and we laughed a lot.

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