The
name of the article I read was called “Families
fear not being able to feed children.” This article was about a
poor family from Ireland, who was experiencing hard times. In the
article, this family is having a hard time, because the father who is
the breed winner lost his job. He work a low income job before losing
it. The story talks about what the mom does to trick her three
children into thinking that their refrigerate is full. She said she
takes the food that are in tinned cans and put it in the refrigerate.
This family also lost their Family Income Supplement. The mother of
this family said that she is afraid that she will not be able to put
food on the table. From the stress of the financial struggle they
have aged ten years, and worst of all the mother is worried that her
husband will end up committing suicide. This interview was done on a
number of families from Ireland. This article reported that thousands
of families are experiencing the same thing. Another family that they
talked about was a single mother with three children. Her child
support stopped because her ex-husband lost hours. Her bills
consisted of a 7,000 dollar loan, 700 dollar electric bill, 90
dollars for school books, and pays 75 dollars a week to money
lenders. The money lenders are taking her to court, and she recently
got a notice for her electricity bill. Ireland's president spoke on
this problem, and asked the government to do something with the
budget to make sure these families get their basic needs.
Reading
this article mad me feel so bad. Knowing that these families go
through situations like this is depressing. Especially the story
about the women who was scared that her husband would commit suicide.
Hopefully since their president spoke out on it, something will get
done soon.
10-26-12
3:21
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