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hypothethical. sorry if not clear

• em-bee 3y ago
  no worries, i just wanted to avoid being insensitive. where i come from and in most other countries that i have seen, the idea of a student being homeless is almost unthinkable. being a student alone grants enough support that this simply won't happen, especially if they have kids. it would have to be something really unusual like the student refusing the accommodation they are offered or being mentally ill in some way that prevents them to make the right choice. so to me it appears that homeless students are a distinctly american problem. one that the communities and government there need to work on to fix. the very picture of a single parent with children being homeless is so out of place that i have a hard time imagining that this could happen even in the US. that you can even come up with such an idea says a lot about how bad support for people in poverty in the US really is. that said, obviously, if you are homeless, choosing to have kids is probably not a good idea. but if you decide to have kids and become homeless later, then i would say, shame on the government and community for not providing the needed support. if you live in a country where this is even possible, you should really try to do what you can to contribute to a change. not an easy task, but one that is absolutely necessary.