I don’t view it as a bad thing my son growing up poor. He’ll know how to handle money, what order you pay your bills, how to reuse leftovers, that just water is fine to drink, buy a car outright and thing like that. We have two months before our “cheap” insurance increases $100. Then a year later things will get really tight for us when he turns 18 and rent keeps getting spiked up. I’m worried about it.

Miguel can’t work while in school unless it’s work-study. He’s expected to get through college degree with little to no debt and actually have a stipend. We can’t afford him to work while living with us but financial aid doesn’t count as income. We required an associates before getting his high school diploma. The reason why we did that is because he needs good insurance, a living wage and flexible schedule. I would have your daughter look into community college or tech school and see if that is an option. If it would increase her income.

I'm sorry you have to deal with our broken system.