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Buckeye_Democrat

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4. Not enough family support.
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 10:48 PM
Sep 2016

These white people in Kentucky are deemed poor because they don't have running water or electricity, but I wonder what their family life is like?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2134196/Pictured-The-modern-day-poverty-Kentucky-people-live-running-water-electricity.html

There's many white families who are pretty harsh to family members who aren't "successful."

People were in family-oriented tribes for about 95% of humanity's history. There's now more of a push to disregard family in order to pursue economic success.

I posted a few minutes ago in another thread that my parents told the cops to put me in jail and keep me there after I foolishly joined some friends in a minor act of vandalism to our school. I had a 3.8 GPA, taking all of the "advanced" coursework at my high school, and I had never been in trouble.

The neighbor boy had it far worse. At least my parents didn't treat my home life like boot camp. The neighbor kid's father was like the ex-military neighbor man depicted in "American Beauty" (except maybe he wasn't gay). That kid attempted suicide at age 16, but he survived. He seems to be doing okay now, many years later. I saw him a few years ago by happenstance.

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Wyoming, Montana, Idaho mountain grammy Sep 2016 #1
It's been that way for many years. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2016 #2
Interesting.. middle aged white men. mountain grammy Sep 2016 #3
Not enough family support. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2016 #4
Yes, I think that's one explanation. mountain grammy Sep 2016 #5
I'm sorry to read that. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2016 #6
Thank you. mountain grammy Sep 2016 #7
I'm sorry. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2016 #8
Not enough family support is so true Divine Discontent Sep 2016 #9
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