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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Shoes never fit well. I was never well-groomed. I didn't get nice haircuts, didn't wash my hair every day and it was always oily. My clothes always old, worn, and dirty. I was not a popular girl at school. No female hygiene products - we used cotton and cloths. "

Ditto.  I died a thousand deaths every time I opened the nearly empty medicine chest, no toothpaste, no soap, no toilet paper, no Q-Tips. One toothbrush for the whole family. Rarely going to the doctor or the dentist.
 
Never had anything to treat my terrible acne. No clean towels. No laundry detergent and no money for the laundromat. The want and hopelessness goes on and on, for years.

I wasn't permitted to attend kindergarten because I was needed at home to help with the little ones.

I was considered "slow" because I rarely answered when spoken to. In second grade,  the school arranged to have my hearing tested, and it was discovered that I was totally
deaf in one ear and 60 per cent deaf in the other ear.

My seat was changed to be closer to the teacher.  I then became a straight A student.

My parents did nothing, as usual.[/quote]

I'm sorry that you had to go through this.  So wrong for any child to have to live like that.  Thank you for sharing.[/quote]

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