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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's so obvious that many posters here have no idea what life is like for these people. It is not like TV. Many women have babies bc they get more money. They push to have their children diagnosed with things like ADD bc they get more money every month- a significant amount that actually would make a difference to my family. And, yes, doctors diagnose things. Many of the kids are wild bc they do t know any better. Their parents sleep all day and the kids fend for themselves with no discipline. When I would work with these children in their homes the parents did not care. The fathers were not present or sleeping on the couch. The mothers were screaming at their other children or off somewhere else in the house. They did not want me there to try to help their children.[/quote]

I've also worked with kids from this environment and this poster is sPOT ON.  Not all families work this way, but too many.

It's terrible for kids and it's terrible for us because it truly feels like no matter what you do, this poor kid will never have a chance because the parents just can't do what they should be doing.

Yes, the moms have more babies because it means more funds.  And yes they push for diagnoses.

Unfortunately no good solutions, but I do wish we would work harder to disincentivize lower income families from having more and more kids.  Right now the system makes it seem like it's lucrative to have more and more kids.

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