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jwirr

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45. I am wondering if you had any role models who were outside the family role model? Many of the

Sun Nov 25, 2012, 03:26 PM

Nov 2012

children I met on the reservation had never been off the reservation. Their parents and their neighbors were almost always unemployed and felt helpless themselves. Then if there is alcoholism etc. it is even worse.

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Anyone else watching a PBS Frontline special on Poor Kids? [View all] undeterred Nov 2012 OP

YES! L0oniX Nov 2012 #1

Thanks for posting the link. undeterred Nov 2012 #4

That is the same culture effects that one could see in the ghetto and the most rural reservations jwirr Nov 2012 #44

Thanks for the link Warpy Nov 2012 #14

Heartbreaking Galileo126 Nov 2012 #2

Hi Galileo126.....Welcome to DU.. Tikki Nov 2012 #26

Welcome to DU! Delphinus Nov 2012 #36

I missed it. Will try to watch it online later, thanks! GreenPartyVoter Nov 2012 #3

it's excellent struggle4progress Nov 2012 #11

That episode is so sad. savebigbird Nov 2012 #5

i grew up like that. i never thought for a second that was my future Heather MC Nov 2012 #6

Lucky lucky you. Guess what? These starving children are not adults Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #8

I just said I was a staving kid Heather MC Nov 2012 #15

Like I said. Lucky lucky you. All these kids need to do is buck up and be just like you and Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #18

Yes, why make reality-based decisions and re-structure this unjust society burnsei sensei Nov 2012 #25

ok you are miss understanding me. Heather MC Nov 2012 #39

Oh we get it. You made it out so why can't every other poor person do the same.. Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #40

I lived it, i lived with people who constantly made bad Heather MC Nov 2012 #43

In other words, you overcame fatalism. burnsei sensei Nov 2012 #46

I am wondering if you had any role models who were outside the family role model? Many of the jwirr Nov 2012 #45

I was one of those kids. Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #7

That's horrible. undeterred Nov 2012 #9

I became a resourceful scavenger eating as much peas and carrots off my Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #10

Same here though it was long before Clinton was even in office. cstanleytech Nov 2012 #28

I can relate... rbnyc Nov 2012 #31

I watched and I Cried! N/T sheshe2 Nov 2012 #12

Watched it earlier. U.S. is among the top 3. . . ProfessionalLeftist Nov 2012 #13

I can remember this as a kid Superbot Nov 2012 #16

I didn't know it when I was a kid liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #17

I watched it on Tuesday here in Los Angeles. The statistic that coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #19

I watched it a few nights ago on PBS online... ReRe Nov 2012 #20

I felt the depth of the problem first hand this week. PennsylvaniaMatt Nov 2012 #21

welcome to DU! renate Nov 2012 #34

Thank you. PennsylvaniaMatt Nov 2012 #41

You and your friends are truly kind. ceile Nov 2012 #38

Thank you! PennsylvaniaMatt Nov 2012 #42

Disheartening Picture... kracer20 Nov 2012 #22

Is that a child wearing a plastic bag for clothes? undeterred Nov 2012 #33

God, teach this massively self-deceived country burnsei sensei Nov 2012 #23

+ a brazillion undeterred Nov 2012 #35

I'll try to catch it this week Liberal_in_LA Nov 2012 #24

I wish this were on mainstream television. undeterred Nov 2012 #32

I want every person in this Delphinus Nov 2012 #37

very sad! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #27

My husband and I dog_lovin_dem Nov 2012 #29

I'll watch it this week also.. mountain grammy Nov 2012 #30