How Do I Raise My Kids in Extreme Poverty? (Poor Family Documentary) | Real Stories 

May I ask where you live? The US or UK? I want to write a blog, or book about the misconceptions surrounding poverty. Thank you! 🌈

AMEN. My family was poorer than dirt too but the LOVE was without boundaries. We are all very successful.

You cannot buy true love and the love of a Mother is priceless. xx

Having no food is called intermittent fasting these days and is good for your health and longevity.

The goverment should help! Millions for war, nothing for the people? We must stand together as a society to change this 🙏🙏🙏

You made wise choices! I don’t understand why people purposely have kids in poverty.

God Bless You

So happy for you!!

@@fixinfkinsandwiches6183 One of the reasons I noticed quite early when I worked for a gov. was the girls always wanted to have another baby so their checks wouldn't be cut or stopped when they no longer had a child under 2 y.old.

I’m so happy for you

It's a damn share the film crew didn't get or have the opportunity to share film footage of what it was like as they moved in. I absolutely believe her. As a mother of one little boy, you wouldn't physicality move all your children into a house and spend all that time and money doing up the house. Surely they would move in and live like squatters doing damage. Also, the kids are at an age where they are aware of what's going on. You wouldn't want even one child to experience 'threatening behaviour from the landlord ". My heart goes out to them all. We didn't grow up in poverty but as a single mum with 3 young kids managing a mortgage, bills, food and clothing whilst giving and proving us all opportunities in life, my mum made some incredible sacrifices for us.

I believe her also.

You should indead have everything in writing... When in first lived in my own, I rented an appartment from a sweet old lady. She asked to pay the rent cash. The first 3 months, she gave me a receipt everytime I paid. But then, she started saying that it was too hard to write, because her hands were shaking very badly. I trusted her, just paid my rent every month. After a year, she went to court...I was kicked out, and had to pay a year of rent, because she said I didn't pay anything in the last year... She just took advantage of a young girl that lived on her own for the first time. And yeah...I wrongly trusted that sweet old lady.

I believe her to, she is trying her best.💗🧑🏻‍🦼

This family would not have spent money they don’t have unless the landlord made the verbal agreement. All that time. He used them to get a free move out cleaning. Who is this guy?

He is lazy, hence his "acceptance" of a brood mare with 6 kids....instant income

@@betzg2415 exactly

Criteria was he is not drunk not junkie and doesnt beat her

@trishabowl, glad your dad was a hard worker. Mine always made excuses. Asked God to give him 10 kids. And then he told us to fend for ourselves. My mom died of cancer when I graduated high school. I had to help raise my 7 younger brothers and my older sister and brother often leeched off me also. I had up to four of five minimum wage jobs to make ends meet. And still sometimes didn't get to eat for letting my younger siblings eat. They doing well now. But I am the one struggling, sick, and scraping for every penny to make it...

@@christinejones7902 Sounds like you’ve been punished for your Dads mistakes. I’m sorry you & your siblings have had to go through that. It’s definitely not fair. My Mom sucks but my Dad tried to make up for it. I have 2 daughters from 2 different Men & their Dads are absent but they have me. We should all have good normal parents but we don’t always get what we deserve. Life can be so hard. I hope things get better for you soon! You deserve a break ❤️

They were lucky to have met here, but more importantly that she LIED for them!

@@harley8680 Well, she didnt "completely" lie - she said, "Yes I know the 3 of them...." She just left out some info! lol I did learn that little Kaitlynn is a motivational speaker and works to help people in poverty and one of the older boys is having cancer treatments right now.

The Federal Government in 1989 all voted Unanimously to end child poverty by the year 2000.

@@beebee2781 ,excellent research.

YES..........I,d love to see where they ALL are now..................I bet most of them Sadly...........are in similar positions etc etc..............the mother seemed "nice" just luck was NOT on her side.................but..although she had hard time/S,......why did she have as many as six kids??????????????????????????????????????????

totally agree!! even with all the money in the world you can't buy love

That is really what matters isn't it? The kids can make it on their own raise them and give them life skills.

collen says" kids are poor but they are being raised with kindness and love". You all need to read up on what poverty, with or without love, does to kids!! Stop looking it at as a child and thinking all they need is love. And, A good mother would have never had that many kids that she couldn't afford.

@@samplebien says" with all the money in the world you can't buy love". You people need to grow up and learn that the world dosent revolve around love. read what happens to kids who grow up in poverty & you'll see love isnt that important to their being able to live on this earth.

@@callipitter8474 You need love AND money!!! Plain and simple. For instance you need money for the dentist, because most of them need their teeth straightend out. How you're gonna do that? I mean, serious....

They will do well, especially if they don’t use their parents as a good example. Those kids should not have to watch their parents sitting at home enjoying cigarettes and tv and juice, instead of out beating the pavement finding work. If you’re not working, then get out and find work, it’s not coming to your house to find you. Hopefully, the kids will do well in school, so they can at least move out and realize they had deadbeats raising them. Where was all that free government money going from the Child Benefits each month?! ($570 and $480 per child dependent on age) Ridiculous!!

may God bless you

@@glcmranger421 the movie was made 20+ years ago.. the child benefits weren’t that high.

@@ellenkavanagh1 That’s good to know. I did find a website that showed me the video info was misrepresented. Thank you, though.

I love your handle 😂😂😂

100% correct and also the fact that they choose to have such large families.

@@talex1625 I completely agree with both comments. Also the fact they chose not to work and live on benefits.

He doesn’t drink, do drugs or beat on her……… so that makes him a good man??? Come on, you can be poor snd have standards on who you let in your life.

rofl, can't you see that only those "disgusting men" willing to stay with those disgusting women...

@@TheTuesday11 lol, they can't afford standards, only men that are losers would be willing to stay with them.

Great advice.

The BEST advise. 👌

Wise words.

You have a great attitude and hopefully people are reading your comment and taking it seriously. It's true - you can get out of poverty or any other undesirable situation if you stay on the right path and work hard.

Excellent advice!

The way she said it so matter-of-fact too, poor kid. ☹️

It was 20 years ago this was filmed....

@@AmyC37217 Who cares when it was filmed. It still runs true today.

​@ReleasedFromNegativity Its worse today cause of folks like you.

​@@cbricks9326 Sure does.

Bless mom's heart but i could see almost from the beginning that husband was just a liability and he continued to prove that throughout this documentary. It upsets me that she couldn't see it but happy that the children are well and i would love to see an update hopefully mom got a vehicle shortly after it worried me that she was walking alone in dark morning and evenings

That’s why he’s there …she’s desperate for a man and he needs resources

It's quite clear to me that the mother is a reckless fool who procreated with scumbags. Now, she is attached to another scumbag who is also a parasite. The best thing that her children to do is LEARN from her idiocy and resolve NOT to repeat it. There is a percentage of every population, every ethnicity, every group that simply SHOULD NOT BREED, period. They always do a lousy job; they share their incompetent misery.

hey can I just say one thing that this documentary never showed, he was a horrible stepfather who beat the boys and abused us girls, that’s all I gotta say about him, he’s dead to us because someone who can take a child’s innocence away shouldn’t be worth anything. Oh and I’m one of the little girls in this movie. I’m not afraid of him anymore, he also served his time but I think they should of locked him up and threw away the key

​@@ellenkavanagh1you poor girl....I'm so happy you've triumphed over what he did. As soon as it was said that he wasn't the father of any of the 6 of you, I already knew what was up. Unpopular and seemingly little known fact - many men are parasitic by nature and go only where a need can be fulfilled. Single moms are targets of men who are predators and who want a place to stay. Your mom was more worried about validating herself by having a man around than truly putting you guys first. It has been many years since this was filmed and I do hope that she has sought your forgiveness and has taken the proper steps to make it up to you as much as she can. Women do this a lot, and they choose the man every time. I'll never understand it.

Yes, and the husband was smoking inside that beautiful new house 😞

My thoughts EXACTLY.

Totally agree. Why have 6 kids when you can't even support one. Why buy cigarettes when you are broke. 2 packs of smokes ca cost the same as 2 whole chickens. However, they are raising the kids well. They are well behaved and happy. They both need full time jobs, and quit smoking. I did it after 30 years, and it's not that hard.

Finally a comment I can get behind. It’s very hard to watch… but I have to lean towards, “why so many children? Why the lazy man to be your husband?” So sad. My heart aches for anyone living like this.

@@jenevieklein9385 the lazy sob.. so sad

But also…. Get a damn job. Worried about being a welfare case….This didn’t happen overnight. A history of bad choices got her here.

@@2DivasCallMeMami compassion is clearly a trait you dont have...how sad for you.

Her current husband is clearly autistic/Asperger's...... we can be chronically unemployed. Or in my case, chronic workaholics..... two sides of the same coin......

Me too and "luck" has nothing to do with it.

I think I would stop the smoking for my kids and get my husband to get a job

Which town is home town lol Orillia was my hometown

I agree but it was several months and instead of starting to pay she’s not giving any money an hasn’t painted an finished the house etc. Having people come to do work though is legal an should happen I watched my parents do this all as a child, they wanted 1000x more then they should for something like a broken light socket in one area would mean they should not have pat rent for the year etc, an would use that to not pay for months and months. I never understood why, 15 times they moved in less then 10 yesrs. Thankfully my dads parents had custody of me and I only have to visit but what my steps siblings endured still breaks my heart. Somehow they always “pay” but never had receipts etc.. I lived it they never paid after the first time you would never hand a penny over without a receipt, they now do the same and my sister her husband an kids are in the 5th place since 2018 evicted from everyone, heartbreaking, I have never been I pay the rent before anything an thankfully we also worked to buy a home and we pay the mortgage, I’m so terrified of my kids not having a home I’ll work 5 jobs to have them not endure that. However my step siblings they don’t think rent matters an they blame the landlords for not understanding, don’t get me wrong there are some landlords that are horrible but if you could see the mentality you would see it’s not the same view on priorities they really feel they should not have to pay rent over any thing they could find, the house had a mouse run through it, and they refused to pay rent from the last place, instead of getting a mouse trap an asking for someone to be sent over they just stop paying rent..

She was ignorant and didn’t sign any sort of a contract. After watching this, the mom’s mother just made poor excuses for her daughter.

Amen

Children look sweet and their mother loves them. I know plenty of people with money that don't have sweet children or love from the parent.

Poor mom? She is an irresponsible! If ur poor DO NOT HAVE KIDS or u ll make em live a terrible life

My good friend has 8 children and she’s on her own , she goes without loads for her children , who are just gorgeous kids with lovely manners , they appreciate the smallest things and all high achievers and individuals . I’d love to wave a magic wand and buy them a big house that’s the only thing she ever complains about SPACE !

A shame she didn't get her life in order first before raising a family. My husband and I put off having children for years as we travel, had time together just the two of us, finished school, got good jobs, bought a house, had a savings in place. THEN we planned our children. Do whatever you can do to get your life in order first, have the odds in your favor before bringing in babies to the world. Stuff happens, but at least do what you can be prepare for a happy, healthy family.

@@eckankar7756 Based on your previous comments on this channel as well as this, you’re highly out of touch. Obviously that’s ideal. Nobody wants to be in poverty, let alone bring children into it. If you had the luxury to travel with your husband, you’re nowhere close to their struggles. Have some compassion, empathy. What you said wasn’t helpful, productive, or kind. It seems like you rarely do chime in to say something kind. Consider kindness for your children over money.

I'm glad you were able to learn from your experience and make a good life for yourself. As you well know, a lot of people don't learn.

Same. One daughter. And my mother resented me when I WOULDNT apply for welfare. She’ll never change. Neither will, I.

The people saying that mom is wonderful are from small families or well off families. In reality life is not so rosey when you have to get a job at 14 to help pay for the groceries or the person rearing you is an older sibling who doesn't know what she's doing.

I have no sympathy for this woman at all.

Plus she smokes! WTH???

I used to think the same thing but if Canada is like the US, birth control like condoms for dudes and pills for women are all either pretty expensive over the counter stuff or prescription drugs but only for people with healthcare and programs offering that stuff for free aren’t widely known. Studies have shown that government healthcare is worse than having no healthcare. Also, reproductive education is reserved for the middle class that can regularly go to school and search things on their phones/computers. Like I said, I thought the same thing like why do they do this but poor people actually aren’t given the same opportunity to control how many kids they have and aren’t as educated in the sense to know pulling out doesn’t work, etc, etc.

I agree why have children when thins is something you are dealing with

Yes😊😊😊

I highly doubt it, but maybe

Actually Kaitlyn is an EA and motivational speaker. The others I'm unsure of.

@@thepurpleman119 I agree.

I found one of the daughters on Facebook. She seems to be doing well. Seems like she helps run a non-profit helping other poor families in need. Her mum did a good job despise their circumstances.

@@thepurpleman119 the mother did a good job, the kids are very well educated despite their conditions!! They will become what they will I dont doubt that! Better look in your cup - or your mom and dad were rich and you became nothing?!

Wow, so far best comment I read! My mom tried her hardest

Agree, they are well spoken wonderfully mannered kids.

@Donnell Okafor poverty is not an indication of character. Character is worth more than what's in your bank account.

​@@ebonyrenna poverty, in itself, is not an indicator of character..AGREED. BUT...deliberately creating babies KNOWING (firsthand even) the HORRENDOUS HARDSHIPS & STRUGGLES that come with unstable, irresponsible, selfish parents & ABJECT POVERTY & all GENUINE TRAUMA they will be forced to ENDURE their entire childhood-starting from even before birth IS an indicator of CHARACTER...A GLARINGLY OBVIOUS INDICATOR. & not ONE (one is too many) but SIX?? & for WHAT?? So she & her wife-beat'r husband can get their jollies?..without even bothering to use contraception? Using 2methods is ATLEAST 180% fool proof. She couldn't atleast wait a few yrs til she could figure out how to break the toxic, generational patterns before bringing children into that DISASTROUS DUMPSTER FIRE?? THAAAT is an indicator of Character. But then, she couldn't even muster up the common sense to get her rental lease in writing. She couldn't even muster the common sense to stop buying cigarettes, or atleast smoke OUTSIDE so her children dont have to go to school REEKING like an ashtray.. they had more than enough social issues to deal with as it was bc of their mothers "character"...mostly the very same issues SHE suffered under HER mothers "character". Even NOW shes telling commenters "I did my best" 🤯. I hope thats not true. I hope there's atleast ONE mothering decision she made that gives her enough pause & think "Manoman...THAT was a moment I shouldve turned LEFT rather than RIGHT. THAT was not doing my BEST". Nope..not even to THIS day has she inducated that shes of good character..or that she's even TEACHABLE. I noticed her YT handle is "North Witch 66..." I would not look at that & think "Well THERE'S a woman of good character!" 😮‍💨. From her update, it sounds like her kids rebelled against her..They're doing REMARKABLY well considering things usually end the same way they BEGIN. I pray for her sons healing & recovery from Cancer & her daughter's recovery from substance addiction. Ive not had to deal with either of those in my personal orbit (Glory to GOD) But, everyone knows they are both INHUMANELY EXCRUCIATING ILLNESSES. May God continue to comfort & guide them.

​@Donnell Okafor She (Kayt)made the same decisions her mom did (& probly her mom's mom etc) so if her mom didn't make excuses for her, she'd have to acknowledge there was no excuse for HER horrendous "parenting" either, tho, rite? It's clearly a generational victimhood thing. A commenter (somewhere in here) poured gallons of praise on her telling her what a strong & wonderful woman & mother of 6 she is!!!(🤯). She replied "oh thank you. I did my best." 🤯..I hope that's not true. I hope there's atleast a few things in her hindsight where she thinks "🤔Well THAT was not my best decision!" Apparently NOT😒. She goes on to give an update on her kids: Her middle son,Alex, is dying of cancer 😪 Her youngest son & her eldest son are both chefs (im guessing Taco Bell line cooks) Her eldest boy also helps take care of Alex. Eldest daughter is in substance recovery. Youngest girl has 2kids & manages a store (im guessing not/never married, 2 diff "donors", & a 3rd shift assist mgr at a Circle K or McD's)..and her middle daughter is married to a great guy, they have 2kids, own their hm (if memory serves..COULD be renters)& yrly income is $120k & they own a boat. (Ha! Leave it to the same-gender middle child to rebel against her mother/generational family traits! rebellion against THAT mess is a GOOD thing). Of course, Im keeping in mind that their high-falutin standards of "great guy" is: "He don't beat on her'n he don't cheat on her). But middle girl probably is actually doing well...atleast comparatively speaking. She said ALL of 6 of her kids turned out to be"WONDERFUL HUMAN BEINGS!!". She has a new man (didnt say if she married this new one, or why they split) & her YT handle is: "North Witch 66" (THAT might explain alot) What sticks in my noggin the most is how her pride would not abide her accepting gvmnt assist healthcare for her kids bc she simply couldnt have ppl think she's a "welfare broad". 🤯🤯🤯! The DELUGE of constant& continued DEPRAVITY...but Medical/Dental/Healthcare for her children?? THAT'S where she draws the line??? 🤯😵‍💫🥴😵🤯🤯🤢😔 THAT'S where the pearl clutching begins & moral compass is restored? Smh...geez. I don't want anyone to bash this woman (Kayt) but the applause & praise absolutely ghasts my flabber! Up is Down & Down is up. Wrong is right & right is Wrong. SURREAL!!

Oh no u are 100 percent correct . Its irresponsible of her to have children one after the other .

@@ss-zz6ii I’m not sure if it’s irresponsible, in life you have many obstacles and learning curves, you never know maybe the children needed to see this and it makes them better people for it. I don’t know but it’s a learning thing for everyone, she did a good job at what she was able to do at the time.

​@@ellenkavanagh1I can guarantee you now NO kid needs to see this no kid deserves to live in poverty the trauma from growing up in poverty can last a lifetime there's literally no excuse when contraception exists.

I agree

Problem solved IF IN NEED,DO'NT BREED!!!!

In the state I live in, it isn’t even legally required to provide a working front door. Some states have no renters rights, it’s very disheartening.

@@paige-ue9cs I live in Arizona and we're supposed to have state revised statues for The Landlord and Tenant Act. The key phrase is supposed to no one here in Metropolitan Phoenix where I live follows those policies. They do pretty much what they want how they want and if they do anything like like for example we have a new Walmart in my neighborhood which allowed a lot of property owners to be able to raise their rent at least $100 and as much as up to $1,000. They say it's because a new store is considered an improvement to the neighborhood. Also the property that I live on the maintenance team decided they were going to take the clubhouse and divide it up into two apartments which made everyone's rent go up. Then they started using that fetch delivery service and that added an extra 20 to $50 on our rental bill as well whether we use the services or not. They don't fix things properly either. There was a young lady who had complained about how they turn the water off to do " maintenance" to the water line. She started a petition to have other tenants to sign. I have not seen this lady in about 3 years I think they retaliated against her. I agree with you it's very disheartening and it's just so wrong on so many levels.

The landlord will be exposed by someone after watching this documentary. The children are visibly upset by the experience. I’m glad to read the kids are doing well now! That landlord could learn from these wonderful kids!

She seems such a good mom to me...

@@alimay6736 I don't even take your comment serious. It sounds too Farfetched. And, if you want to be taken seriously start using punctuation. Periods, commas, question marks and etc..

And they're resilient with grace

Except the dad can’t get off the couch and work and contribute anything.

@@trackjosh He isn't their real Dad, where is the real Dad that should ADULT up and SUPPORT his offspring. The "Dad" was working but lost his job. NOW that being SAID he IS HOME AND NOT OUT DRINKING WHILE SHE WORKS SO THOSE KIDS ARE SAFE. He was ALSO OUTSIDE PLAYING WITH THEM WHICH IS MORE THAN I CAN SAY ABOUT MOST OF THE SO CALLED "DAD'S" I KNOW THESE DAYS CAUSE AFTER WORK ALL THEY CAN MANAGE IS SITTING ON THEIR AZZ WATCHING TV..........

Oh Please. I'd rather be unhappy with money. She's not noble because she's poor. She's an idiot.

@@roshelltannen9698 no, she's a good mother because her children are mannerly, generous, respectful and unspoiled......principles that are taught and, clearly not inherent.

Have you been to one of Kaits speeches? She is really good!

@@ellenkavanagh1 does she have videos up on YT?

@@kc4981 No, she doesn’t use RU-vid really. She’s not always on social media, she has a FB but even her fb she doesn’t use much.

Thank you for the update!

The Mom and grandmother are jus too stupid, the 51 kids should be taken away.

Reading some comments above I did give updates to a lot of people😊

A very sad situation indeed, however so much of it was from her own choices. Smoking is a DRUG - nicotine one of the most addicting things you can do to your body. Both Kay and her partner smoked. Even 20 years ago that would have been an easy 5.00 for a pack a day. Also, she could have used birth control to not have six children that she could not afford. I am sure her partner never found work and was always a moocher. Looked able bodied to me, and that makes even more sad!

Amen🙏

Absolutely 💯 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

WHY BE SO DIRTY FOR ? THERE GONNA MOVE TO A BIGGER HOUSE .. JUST TO BE EVEN MORE DIRTIER BIRTH CONTROL IS CHEAPER & SHE SHOULD BE ON IT REALLY (6) KIDS IF UR POOR DON'T KEEP HAVING MORE LADY #YUCK

Well said.

Exactly

Your right, he was only 32, that is too soon 😢🍍

@@diannaveronica-cu4hg thank you, and I hope you and your kids are doing well now!❤️

@@diannaveronica-cu4hg my mom yes. My nana she passed away 5 years ago to cancer.

@@ellenkavanagh1 So sorry to hear the sad news about Alex,such a lovely boy.Gone but Never Forgotten💔

@@captainpeacock4442 🍍❤️

I do believe they shouldn't have been smoking indoors, especially as tenants, but also to set an example. This was, however, 20 years ago.

Both smoking is very expensive.At least two hundred dollars a month back then

Exactly, take food out of your kids mouths for that disgusting habit.

@Peanut Butter part of poverty at least it isn’t meth

@@patriciashelton6644 not in the 90s it was $2 a pack for newports the cheap cigarettes you could have a carton for $20

And that still is not a guarantee of safety!

Same. My parents both worked so hard. We were middle class, and I was comfortable. My parents and grandparents and great grandparents strongly instilled a lot of good habits. I remember my dad working side jobs to pay off the mortgage faster. Poverty can happen to anyone, but breaking the cycle is key.

@@WayraRose I am not sure if public schools are equipped to "stream" children in poverty into vocations/trades but I think this is the only way out for these kids in the future. WHATEVER, this family is facing - regular attendance at school has to be the priority. And the parents need to do things like make sure the kids have a good life at school where they don't get bullied. (designated school-only clothes, exceptional hygiene, and grooming). Education is the only breakaway from the tragic poverty we saw in the documentary. I am praying the kids pull through this very difficult time without intergenerational poverty continuing forward.

@@garlicgirl3149 but it does help especially only have enough kids that you could afford. if she came from poverty, not sure why she would have so many kids and then complain about not making enough to feed and house them. it sucks but why bring another life into your world of poverty

How in America you are poor when everyone is rich.

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This story is very old. However I believe he could have sold newspapers on the corner we're done anything. Everything helps!

Well he didn’t have the six children she did she is unemployed also so her choices were not the best.

@@truthdogschell8473 true but he made the choice to be with a woman with 6 kids. He chose to take on that load unnecessarily. He could’ve found a single child free woman to take advantage of .

Makes me wonder why he lost the one he had?

Why can’t she get a job? If she has a better chance of holding one he can stay home.

@The mysterious Miss X that won't keep a roof over your head, your bills paid and food on the table !

My dad grew up poor too. He said the same thing: they didn’t know they were poor. They had an outhouse into the 1950’s

I would sit on the porch and sing w my Uncles and my Daddy but Mom wouldn't join in for nothing!

My mom's family grew up like this and my mom and several family members turned out to be very greedy and selfish.

@@karlabritfeld7104 ja,that can definitely happen. But I think it could be true of well off folk too some want to share and some feel it's theirs they worked hard for it. So maybe it's up to the individual themselves. Both my parents grew up poor and my mum wasn't kind but my dad was. Strange.

Kids can share bedrooms. Only in the last 20 years did more children have their own rooms. There are many things we thinks kids need.....but they are extra. Having so many kids in poverty is very difficult. Many families have large amounts of kids and do well. And....some Millionaires have large family. There is no rule 2 kids max. To each his own. Also.....not every school requires tuition. Public school is free.

Because in Canada you get paid per child however when they hit certain Benchmark ages the amount goes down I think it's 500 bucks a month until they're 5 years old my friend tried to tell me one time when she was complaining about her money she was getting somewhere between 1500 and 2,000 a month for her four children and they get free dental and all sorts of things, I had to stop being friends with her actually because all she ever did was complain about her situation but she didn't want to do anything towards fixing it and was even joking about having another baby because her fourth is about to turn five, this is generations of socialism my ex-friend was born in poverty lived in poverty is teaching her children to live in poverty same thing as this woman, they have seen that everything you need you can get from the government,, and they teach their children

The Landlord probably got beat up by a not-so-tolerant guy tenant!

@Just Jonnni: I am not judging the brother. He's probably poor too. This family of 8 will probably use his bath/shower, we don't know if he can share food. If the family uses his TV or is in the house during storms, then his electric will go higher as well. When we had 3 extra people stay with us, our water and electric bills went way up. I feel so sorry for this family.

@@bookmagicroe9553 exactly no one is looking at the bigger picture . He’s given her somewhere to go. That is safe . His back yard. He has a family and bills . He can’t uproot his life for them. He didn’t put them in that situation. Sorry!!!!

What a brother 😡 So much for family helping one another.

OK. Wait. This is cyclical-do you think the brother is rolling in money?

Yeah, that was unprofessional and downright heartless

that was disgusting

Who other than the parents forced those children to live in a tent? It’s galling for mom to be angry with the landlord instead of herself and the layabout boyfriend!

I’m Sure There’s A lot More To Their Story. N I’m Sure Her Mom is Pissed For Her Getting Married to a Low Life Guy That Doesn’t Work. Doesn’t Help With Bills n Food. Just makes this sweet kids sell all there pride toys n things. This Dad is a low life. N WHY IS THE GOVERNMENT GIVING THEM THAT HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY N ALLOWING THIS SO CALLED DAD TO NOT HAVE TO WORK. HUMMMM.

This is the way judges always are in the States. They don't even look at the defendents the entire time, as they sentence them to 10-12 years in prison.

It’s just so sad that it’s still going on 😢

@@ellenkavanagh1How’s your mom? How are your siblings? Are you guys in a better place?

@@GirlsNDragons yes we're in better place now.. we're all in our 30's.. my mom has moved on. Richard and Breanna live in southern Ontario still. Zak lives in Newfoundland, I live in northern Ontario my mom does too.. as for Kait she's sorta in between I think I haven't really spoken with her recently.

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I’m confused how they had no social services, in the states if you receive services you can only make a certain amount. You do have to work though.

I agree. They could scrub a floor both of them. Both were able bodied and the cigs are what was keeping them back as well!

exactly and she smokes!

I might have missed it but how are they getting $10k a year?

Exactly. If you are already struggling, why would you not struggle even more if you continue to have kids?

Why hasant the husband tryed to find work

He needs to do what us real men do.. take care of your family , no matter what you have to do... pisses me off

Absolutely

@@nettils5555 cause she hasn't "tryed"

True, I hope you aren’t staying this woman was lazy with poor choices…

The stepdad should work, there’s no reason for him not to.

I hope nothing but the best for these kids too but their mother chose to continue the cycle following her poor upbringing - let’s hope these kids break out of it & realise that having 6 kids in dire circumstances makes it that much harder.

I can imagine 4 bedroom for $1000 Even 20 years ago that would have been impossible

I wish this loving kind family all the best God bless them and keep them well and safe the Mom is trying she keeps fighting Carl has no vehicle hard to land a job Unless he's not looking all that hard

Hats off to the mother of these children they all seem well behaved and hard little workers

Sadly you can not buy food with compassion or kindness🥺 I have worked with families like this one for 35 years and sadly not many of them breaks the circle of poverty. Hope they do🤞🙏❤️

Your sister sounds so sweet.

It's a FAILED system. For example if you were on disability and living on section 8 and your landlord is a slumlord you can't report him to section 8. IF you do they will demand him to fix something and all he has to do is say I'm not fixing it. Then they will tell him they are going to not pay the rent then it will be all on the tenant than the tenant will be evicted. This way people in this situation like me have to put up with it and just survive until they can try to figure out a way out. I have developed a blood disorder because of this. People tell me just to pick up and move but there is no agency and no one that will physically move my belongings from one home to another. There is no agency to pay for a moving company. Moving companies will not do it as a tax write-off. I have looked for lawyers for 18 months and no one will represent me because they say you cannot sue your landlord for money if you are on section 8. It doesn't matter if your mental health and your physical health or declining and it is robbing your finances! WHEN a person in the situations go to court they have so much stress trying to be organized that many become unorganized during presentation.

a public warning against them to

Move.

How do you know that she really had this special deal with him - were you there when he said that she needs to make the place livable instead of paying rent? I doubt it.

@@annettechallinor1391 you don't have a hart 🤑🤮

I know I Hope for better when it comes to my children just like my mom did in this movie! 😊

@@ellenkavanagh1 I'm so glad to hear that you are all doing well. You should be proud of that. God bless

right!! why have more when you can’t take care of the ones you have now ?

Or don’t have any if you can’t provide them a life worth living.

@@lemonhead222 I'm a volunteer at a nonprofit fighting poverty and its extremely common to see the poorest families have the most children. Poor families don't get access to resources such as birth control, family planning or education in general and tend to make poor choices. The survival rate for their children is also lower so they have more children to "compensate". Families with more money and resources will commonly have fewer children. Don't blame the victim

that's very true.... can't they get free birth control in America? Im from Europe i don't know. But here i have a lot of friends going to the gyneco clinic and get free contraceptive for 3 months. And then another 3 months and so and so. @@Alex-hr1bn

She’s smoking. She has 6 kids!? Wow.

Exactly

Right like you let those kids stay in the yard while it was pouring down raining wow!!! Glad this is old

Yes, that seemed heartless! Sadly I have a sibling JUST like that, that will kick you right when your down. Stay positive & keep the Faith, the only way. 🙏🙏🙏🌻

Honestly he is probably the responsible sibling who has always had to go without so their mom could help her and has probably helped her many times and is finally sick of it. She has clearly been in crisis most of her adult life.

Maybe he can’t afford the extra 8 ppl using hos electricity and water and etc. He don’t owe her anything at all!! Why should he be shamed for only charging for utilities and food.. come on now this lady dating a man who doesn’t give her anything and somehow EVERYONE ELSE IS WRONG!? Why nobody holding her BOYFRIEND accountable? He couldn’t even find someone to take them in

@@jenfoster128 EXACTLY! And why not go after her BOYFRIEND!! This woman sitting on his lap and he is clearly a 🪵 LOG! Who doesn’t nothing!! Why show ur kids this type of MAN?? Also she keep saying what her kids will see about the eviction and stuff BUT SHE CONSTANTLY SHOWS THEM THAT THIS TYPE OF MAN IS OK!! He’s the issue here NOT HER BROTHER who wants them to pay for utilities!! $200 is definitely for electricity she’s using for those haircuts and water to shower and wash clothes and food to eat.. he’s the ONLY PERSON WHO HELPED! He could have said NO I DONT HAVE ANY ROOM

Lots of them

I wish we could find out the name of the landlord and the locations of the properties… I want to know if he was ever called out

That’s what you call a slumlord

@@jenben3539 they said it was in angus , someplace near Ontario

You'd think dealing with LL like this all the time they'd have know to get a contract in writing. They also should have destroyed the inside of that house before they left.

I guess this should apply to BOTH men and women, not women only.

I have a child with a man like this I worked mybutt off to provide for me and my son he has asbergers and was sick a lot and in and out of the hospital and his dad never held a job to help now he the day is 51,000 dollars he owes in back child support or go to jail. My son today is 28 years old and doing well he lives with me but works and helps find people who are established not ones who want to mooch off you

TRUTH! ☝️💯%!👍

@@MissSweetBabe Yep! It should! Alot of Double Standards!

Get _everything_ in writing, signed by both parties.

Catholic church needs neglected children for the priests to abuse going on for centuries

(☝️Nigerian scammer alert.) Yes! You are so right, Sherry.

Preach!

Sterilization is free in Canada

Yes and also you notice she is smoking. I can’t stand it when they can’t afford food but can afford to smoke.

Sometimes I think I’m the only American woman who decided she couldn’t afford to have children, and didn’t. All the married women I’ve known are putting up with a lot, toe-ing the line (or else), while following every idiotic fad. Frazzled. (And the husbands still cheat.) Then there are the “Brave Single Mothers,” legions of them. No education, no child care, announcing their plight, lest you’re unprepared to help in their next crisis. Life’s not a Hallmark Special, is it?

Exactly. She is continuing the cycle and her children are suffering. You have to work to earn money. No one owes you anything. Control your fertility.

And people who read scripture as well.

Agreed

Teachers are 😇angels

@@isay207 thank you ❤️

I learned, after 4. I used to be one of those moms who thought love was enough. Until I learned and changed my views. Now I beleive love doesn't Pay the bills, so financial security is a must.

The largest families I know that are also the poorest are often times catholic and having a brood of kids is completely typical… it aggravates me but they are also ill educated about reproduction and well… have you seen the directions on a pack of bc pills??? Low reading comprehension often leads to “bc failure” :(

Exactly. They seem like a sweet family but does it not occur that generations having 6+ kids is definitely going to put a strain financially on most families

I would not willingly bring a single child into that kind of poverty

Definitely but should be common sense tho. That baby can’t go to work so someone has to look after it . She had babies back to back judging by their ages . She didn’t get off her back. You are in poverty get off your back!!!!

The part that I truly don’t understand is why those families would have children knowing that they’re not financially prepared? Life is already hard and bringing in children into an already hard environment is so sad and upsetting.

So true, just because people may be in poverty it doesn't mean they become instant perfect people without the vices so many others may have. 'Judge not lest ye be judged', judging, does not fit with 'love your neighbor as yourself'. We who think of ouselves as 'Christians', can ponder on that.

Then please explain why it's rational to have six kids? This wasn't situation where they could support six kids and fell on bad times. Oh wait, you can't

Which country you are from

​@missalicesmiles It's not rational and which kid would you eliminate?

I was a little down on Carl at first, but really, without knowing his past I felt it was unfair for me to judge him. He strikes me as potentially being on the Autism spectrum. Kay's mother was simply saying he could have been a lot worse, in essence the lesser of many evils. I have to admit, he was at least willing to do the tribunal although it was painful for him being excruciatingly shy.

She was a morbidly obese single mother with 6 kids in financial dispare. Expecting this woman to have secured a commitment from a higher caliber man who would actually "step up" & provide would be her shopping outside her price range.

Imagine grandmother being so proud that her daughter is with a man who does less than the absolute minimum! I hate parents who instill such low standards for their children.

I’ll be honest and never did write anything about Karl, but he actually ruined our lives he took the innocence of me an my sisters and abuse us all, it was after the documentary when my mom got a job at the casino working nights he would do his abusing then. It wasn’t till our highschool years it all then came out, we went to court and he got put away for his crimes… he’s out now and who knows what he’s up too, but as a childhood memory of that man he was Horrible!😢

@@ellenkavanagh1 this is so sad to hear i got those vibes from him as a SA survivor myself but i always think it’s me being hyper vigilant!! I’m so sorry to hear and I’m happy you and your family are doing well now

This is the first supportive comment I’ve seen. You’re amazing.

This is no supportive at all. In fact it is from a statistical an soziological point of view a very dumb comment. Your socio-economic past determines whether you make it or not….

Past behavior is the greatest predictor of future behavior.

@@kunya5882 I stand by my point. Also, morality is important. Why don't you find some? Don't say that my comment is dumb because you disagree with it. You are rude.

@@kunya5882 That is not true