The Effects of an Absent Father 

This comment is crazy.

@VICE News what an awfully distasteful comment. Utterly disrespectful especially after a global pandemic where everyone’s grandma is dying.

this comment is actually wild

wtf

Actually dystopian

A lotta people out of Spain speak Spanish.....

ok 01 you realize it was Spain that came over to colonize, meaning most Latin people are actually half Spanish, hints the last name. Also, you should get off your high horse because the Spanish economy is well quit frankly fucking shit and most of the country lives below the poverty line ( shit hole) compared to the us

Righttt

@ok 01 they're not spanish but they are half spanish, have spanish culture and names. theyre latin Americans

@ok 01 lmao u need to learn to read bro. I never said they're Spanish, most latin Americans apart from maybe in Argentina, are half spanish half native. That means they're HALF SPANISH you mong

Dillon Miller she does because if not her stupid ass girl gonna get jailed, poor mom I feel sorry for her. Puerto Rico is a pretty descent place to live unfortunately, I've known a lot people from third world countries who sent their children back for few months or years just do show them what's real life. When they come back they suddently become good citizens

Dillon Miller You must be thinking about those kids from the movie "Cruel Intentions". THOSE kids got what they want. I doubt Crystal's mum would be able to afford to give everything her daughter wanted. Haven't you seen the poverty they live in? Come on, let's have some constructive criticism.

Dillon Miller lol, i was literally about to type that exact thing, then I saw the comment

Dillon Miller Indeed

Amen!

Damn

You might not miss him, but his absence has definitely effected you

@@AbdullahHashi-kw3qj I agree. As I’m turning into a young adult, I’m starting to realize how much his absence impacted my life. To this day he chooses not to be in my life. All I can do is move forward despite this… it may make things more difficult, but not impossible :)

@@Lunaluvskitties best of luck and if you have children then be better than him

Same here sister. My dad was an alcoholic and left when I was very young, last time I saw him he was homeless and asked me for money when I agreed to meet with him. We can make better choices for ourselves and our future than they did for us.

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And I also believe it’s mainly due to, not knowing what to say or have a conversation with his father because there’s no relationship. And so, maybe writing the questions down for Cortez will make it feel less awkward for him if it goes silent. Then too, there are just things that he should know in case he grows older and ever faces resentment due to his fathers absent, at least he’ll have some of the answers to his questions once he begins to fully process and see the impact

Men are not meant to be fathers. The court system of USA clearly says that men are only required to pay for their child and their involvement in child's life depends on mothers consent and somewhat unnecessary.

wen he said do u think of me😔

The fact that his mother has him on methamphetamine, even if it is only for his ADHD is so messed up.

@@alexjones1738 no. men are meant to be fathers,immature boys are not meant to be fathers.

I hope things wound up getting better for him - and the worker he had helping him was giving him a lot of little bits of wisdom there just in doing that role play. By "playing the role of your dad", he let him know without telling him he has strong people to rely on.

These should be basic rights for children.....

@@rubaiyatdunno482 everything but the two parents thing . One parent families can work really well .

@@acgraphics1139 Two-parent households are still the best though. However, sometimes there are circumstances beyond one's control, like death or illness. When the mother or father is absent in a kid's life, the child will suffer from mental health issues and it will be more difficult for him to succeed in life.

You can force a woman to have a baby but you can't force a man to stick around & help her raise it🤷‍♀️

@@acgraphics1139 Rt. U can’t blame a mother for being a single parent, it’s not her fault the father Isn’t in his kids life. My mother is single parent of 2 children, one of which is autistic and I grew up with an education and with a stable house hold. Ppl blame growing up with a single parent on everything. If the mother worked hard enough to discipline her children and have stability in their life, also growing there kid in a good environment then they would be fine. Growing up without a father will impact the child but they could still be a good person with just a mother. But I will admit having a absent father can take a toll on a child. Based on the situation. Especially not having that father figure to help guide them.

True but not everyone has the same mindset

Depends. If you had a good mom all the time you’ll be great but when yo mom isn’t taking the best care because she has her own troubles then you’ll experience the same don’t blame the kid blame the environment.

@@bkspazzout6367 exactly. People can go through similar things and still act and handle them completely different.

Me too so many of us have absent parents i have both parents absent thank god for my nan and grandad but still i strive to be better

Did you even read what they said

Nobody is stopping them from making better choices. They made the choice to repeat the problem and escalate it and now their kids are too.

@@fletchbundyhat not learning socio economics does to a mf

@@kibi8311 Look in the mirror when you say that. It is not an inevitability that you repeat the cycle and do what your parent(s) did, dipshit. Tons of people don't. It's all personal choice, asshat. Leftist pussies like you are the problem cause you're there to tell them nothing is their fault, they had no control, blame someone, everyone else. And then you give them money for it. Go away now.

@@fletchbundy bro they are kids and people are pretty much just animals that react these kids don’t have the critical thinking skills or emotional intelligence and it is a inevitable that’s why they use statistics dumbass yes they’re outliers but at the end of the day for every kid that breaks the cycle there’s more that don’t what not learning basic sociology and statistics does to a mf

Id rather die than give birth to a child that would be unloved

phat eddie this is late but me too

phat eddie me too

phat turp same

Right in the feels

Fr though, everyone is made in the image of god and everyone has potential, no one deserves to be a statistic

He just needs the right guidance from a stand-up man.

Yup amen poor kid

i really feel for that kid he just wants a happy family

chrrylocs I’m your 200th like

Yeah, it was when I was 7 I've decided to be a real dad when I get older.

amen mayne.

Wow you're lucky

I think the fatherless issue is more pronounced in boys. I suffered not having a father as a girl, but boys definitely respond differently to their father’s discipline in the home. I see it with my own son everyday

Which science?

exception not a rule

@Seldom Forever Not true. Check mariage rates in Europe. Single parenthood is not the problem. It is the other adjacent problems lead to criminality. In our country, mariage almost a must. Yet, we got plenty of criminals with married moms and dads.

Although that may be true about the dysfunction thing, everyone reacts to things differently. And loosing ur father is extremely painful, u never know how ppl can react.

Some parents will never learn. Smh

True.

Promise Mitchell it works if done correctly. By not providing your kid anything will also lead to bad outcomes but blindingly giving out anything will also lead to cases like her

Why would she do that if she gets everything

exactly!

Taraysusvdgaja ssxodmxbhx. Traywaey

Diego Covarrubias I knew I wasn't the only one who thought this

Everyone startin to look like 6ix9ine

Karma Boi lol true and now he will be behind bars

@@Imperialspy he makin mini clones now

so why y'all break up

@@mfft627exactly 😭

Or...a weak mother that doesn't have the spine to enforce rules.

@@tylerstewart3181her mother looks like she's suffering from unhealed trauma herself

Aaleeyah Find The mother is probably a piece of shit.

Man that's what I try telling my wife about her daughter

I think its really the cause of not getting attention. my father since 4 years gone and i get also zero attention from anyone. My mum as well, so i disrespect her when she needs to be reminded that i have literally nobody who gives me attention, sadly she still proceeds to not care about me invidually. At least i don't make problems with law at all or dont take any drugs...

@@promisnwekenta9703 after reading what you wrote, I feel your pain. Just because nobody gives you attention, dont let it be a bad thing. Learn to love yourself and you wont need anybody elses. Everyone is good at something, figure out what your gift is, harness your power and once you feel secure in the truth of who you are, then people gonna flock to you and by then, you probably aren't going to want them around you anyway. Your mom should love you, maybe she isnt capable of showing you in the way you expect or hope for. Also, people cant give you what they dont have, and i mean maybe in her life, her parents didnt show her and that lack of transferred to the way she parents you. Keep your head up, theres a light inside of you that's all yours and nobody can take that from you. Let it shine.

@@elsypher6285 Lets hope i could find that light or love myself.

True

not every single chil will have both parents some just dont care and some are elsewhere so 1 parent can suffice.

@@liakaufusi4010 that’s literally not true at all. While yes some kids with only one parent turn out fine, the chances of risky behavior and mental illness practically skyrocket when only one parent is present in the child’s life.

@@liakaufusi4010 You: “Not every kid will have two parents because sometimes one of them just doesn’t care or left or something” This person: “Okay but I wrote a thesis in highschool, so I’m gonna ignore your super good, real point, and repeat the same thing I just said even though it’s still equally as untrue as the last time I said it!”

@Magnus Red Bruh what 😂

@@etherious5957 dude replied a year late just to say that. LOL

@Magnus Red 😂😂

@Magnus Red "Democrats bad! Republicans good!" That's how you sound.

Think of it as a teaching moment where u can explain to the kids the negative effects of social programs on the integrity of traditional families, pbj hated blacks and this is how he opted them enslaved

Nahhhh son

Men really think their dicks are than powerful!

Are they wrong though?

Green Bastard LMFAO! Sure!

@Green Bastard LOL

Ur really brave

A women can’t raise a man 🤨

I hope you have an amazing time in college young one!!

Good job, mom!

K Dot yeah that fucking hurt

Poor dude, his kid sister was beat to death and dad locked up for life

Dude lost his brother too

K Dot you know he has black air forces

Damn me too, I wish I had a normal family. Never got showed love. I thought lobe was just being controlled and being together..

exactly

Bella Luna shes delusional, she spoiled and never blamed the kid so she has no limitations

*dumb*

Bella Luna The hell is numb

Bella Luna II

@MAGA TURK Турки he in jail

@@dondanana9573 how do you know that?

@@albertoaguilar9773 search his name on jail database lol

@@dondanana9573 yeap it's true you were right, he's even got a tattoo on the neck.

@@albertoaguilar9773 mmhm i know i was. Shit crazy

Tommy Morena I said the same💀💀

Tommy Morena he got big ass pants on too.

I was about to comment that

Black Air Force activity💀

theyre good shoes

O.O

Rumpel Felt shut up boomer

Seeing this kids behaving badly, they want attention SOOO BAD! they do the polar opposite. And grow up to be attention whores as adults.

spiciestt your so intelligent ending a conversation with ok boomer

Rumpel Felt actually she’s gone missing and potentially dead so maybe try having a shred of respect or even just decency for a young girl who is hurting 🤦🏼‍♀️

She was pronounced dead. Her son too.

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And drinks red fanta

With pickle juice

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Hot cheetos and big red, eating pickles with chamoy

I had to scroll a bit to find this comment but thank you. Man really opens up

nbrules2468 Lol I believe in that dude. He gonna turn his life around

I can see such pain behind his eyes. That's why he act's out.

***** He died on Jan 5 2015 he was shot in a gang fight

Jacob Sanders link or not buying it ........never mind this is Chicago we are taking about that niggas dead but still let me get that link

Crystal has no respect for her and for good reason I lot of the comments mention the quote from her mom when she says Crystal gets what ever she wants but what I think she really wants is to get away from her mother who cares more about what people think about how she raises her children then how she actually raises her children

to be real yeah she isn't a good mother, but that's the thing that happens with children that don't have a father, they fall out of line. they have no role model to look up to. you cant dump all the blame on the mother, and the gangs are something to blame too for they influence her daughter. its hard to control a child when they're not with you especially ones growing up in dangerous communities.

How do you make this conclusion? All we've seen is whats on camera, we have no idea what their relationship is like at home. We don't know how Crystal was raised or how her mother treated her, it could very well be that Crystal is at fault. I don't know how people can just come to conclusions about a whole person's life just by a few clips of a single day in their life. Remember, these are real people, and you're no psychologist to assume the worst about someone when it very well could be that there's nothing else her mom could do.

It’s easy to come to this conclusion when you see 11 minutes out of a person’s entire life, but the fact of the matter is that single parenthood is waaaaay harder than you’re making it sound right now. You have a teenager in a bad neighborhood and you’re the only parent with no one to back you up? We have approximately 0 idea what all she’s done or been through outside of this, so to me, coming to the conclusion that she just isn’t doing her job seems like a stretch.

We're becoming too accepting of blaming outside factors as the main issue and normalizing a lack of personal responsibility.

That "nice" mom put her in the hospital when she was 5

+George ewww disgusting

Poca Bailey it's true

Crybaby Gaming u can tell how a kids will grow up when there young its better to get them help when there young

It's her fault lmao

Not in America lmfaoo

And black culture

Tyran ok buddy that’s a bit racist

@@connorhanus8005 u cant fix a problem if u dont admit there is a problem...

christian higgins by black energy

Tyran you’re racist. There’s deadbeat dads in every race, religion and culture.

Imma say high key hurt that is heartbreaking

I know. So simple, the actual words, but so all encompassing.

R3ality Records TV very good point, medicine can help but is really lack of emotional support. May God bless those children may God find them!

The system they set for these kids is basically day care not really a solution the solution is not so clear for each one but the big problem all seem to have something to do with poverty and being a broken house hold

Why do people give there children medicine for BEHAVIORAL ISSUES which are not medical issues you can correct bad behavior with different solutions. The medicine makes it worst n now your child has a label attached to him he might as well be a felon already that’s something in your background which means less job opportunities. Kids like this are being reconstructed for failure

John Williams that’s what people do in America. They look to medicine as the solution. They give everyone antidepressants. They once tried to do that to one of my friends, called her dad in to say that they think she has ADHD. I think it’s also about money. Some of these drug manufacturers are monopolies. A lot of the time it’s the medicine that cause more issues like “suicidal thoughts”. So many teens know the names of antidepressants because they get put on them. You don’t know many times I’ve heard people talk their antidepressants **adderall to be specific** and how they mess them up and make them slow. People really think medicine/antidepressants is the answer when in reality it’s a heart issue. These kids have been through a lot and they have so many emotional scars. A bottle of pills/counseling can only do so much. They need to know that someone ACTUALLY cares and isn’t making money off of their illness.

I know... Also its different

life as kaii Puerto Rican’s

life as kaii because she’s hood and she’s Latina

Civil Atrocious lol ion know either im from toronto 🤷🏾‍♀️

@@mroceans8336 cardi is Trini and dominican tho

Fatou Caribbean spanish plus big city accent sounds like that

I need that

+BONZAI_CHILDREN correct

i think youre right. if he was in a better place he'd lift himself up a bit more.

+BONZAI_CHILDREN You understand it man. Salute.

yea amen

+BONZAI_CHILDREN he also doesn't take his meds

I have known people who grow up while their dads in the tomb but they grow real men!this is an excuse This is the lack of education at the end

Sifaw Khouya And I have known people with absent mothers and fathers cause hardships in their lives as they grow up

@@How_About_This428 u know u sound a lil ignorant. this kid lived in Chicago. he seen gangs and and people die his whole life. he needed a stable father figure in his life. I bet hes smart but the decisions ye makes arent the smartest. his father killed sum 1 and that rubs off on him

@ᄏᄏᄏ Dont worry he is the "Logical Man"

@@How_About_This428 you sound stupid asf

Bro seriously she marketed you?

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@@laknidubandara yes, this is probably why I became a stripper in my 20’s. It was the first time I had people telling men they weren’t allowed to touch me. I’m not even close to the only person I’ve met that has had this experience. Unwanted children raised by women who don’t want to be mothers and abandoned by fathers are all too common.

Rihanna Whyt3 the school closed and they kept the show going and the boxing guy and others still try to keep the students off the streets. Most joined gangs like keonte and Cortez is getting in trouble in the law Montreal was the only one who made a really hood change

Crystal IG is hiizmain & keontat fb page is sparkz allat

Matthew Lind how u know

@@basdinethechickennugget1344 count please

Basdine The chicken nugget they came out with another season it’s not on youtube

this. same. we're 4 siblings and i'll forever be grateful for my mother who raised me. she inspires me.

Respect but we need to promote responsible fathers in every family

@@skiingman97 yeah right promote i bet they will listen to you

You think you're happy, others may differ.

My grandma raised my mum and her 5 siblings and she managed to send all to good by herself and they are successful today I'm grateful.

I’m so sorry buddy. I hope you know that him not being there for you or in your life doesn’t take away from how special you are. I hope you learn to know that you aren’t bad and unwanted and that you are loved and seen. Sending hugs to you.

@@alondra2317 thank you 🙏

What you need to do is two things: one, you need to tell yourself that you will be better than that. Two, you need to actually follow through with that commitment, even if you’re hurting, you need to show that you don’t need that kind of negativity in your life, and use that pain to grow up to be a better person. I never knew my dad, so I knew from a very young age that I never wanted to be that kind of person to my kids. Although I can’t imagine what it’s like to have your dad walk out of your life during that age, so I really feel for you.

@@BlackWolf207thanks ❤

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Metro PCS too

You're a dumb fuckin' moron. What did you pay for your IPhone 11? And I'm sure you have THE most expensive plan out there, right? Your dumbass prolly using a flip-phone, or, is gullible enough to over-pay for mass produced, over-engineered hardware, like an idiot.

Sanaz Mihara Facts 💯

@@dme1016 there are other carriers than cricket dumbass

drugs/alcohol/mental health. My dad abonndone me, im fine because im not from the getto. The way out of trauma is to take 100% responsibillity for you life, 100% responsibillity for how you REACT to life. Forgive yourself for hating/fear/sorrow. And move on

Mother relationships are the best cuz u love her so much and the bastard dad ain't thier lol

50shadesofblack where you are from does not matter buddy. The rest of your message....on point

K.C Reacting Hip Hop Fans! IT does matter where u are from. You get affected by people around you

K.C Reacting Hip Hop Fans! The hood has more bad people. Bad people=Bad examples

Yes you get blame for how your child turns out, & if she’s the only one then that means she can’t blame anyone else.

​@@malayaanderson8222 exactly. In general we should never be encouraging single parent households

thats what im saying, people can be so misogynistic

@@malayaanderson8222Not necessarily… it’s Nature vs Nurture. You can be an amazing parent and have children that follow their own rules… She’s a single mom doing the best she can.

well we see his mther and we dont see alot of her i suppose because he has a better relationship with his mother and the real issue he has is with his father, the only father figure he has commit a horrible crime and choose violence over a life with his son which definitely plays on his mind greatly. Crystal has a mother trying but ultimately failing to connect with her daughter whther that be through a fault of her own or also the fault or crystal being able to understand this attempt and reciprecate. We feel sympahy of cortex because he doesnt abuse his relationship with his only parental figure which can assume is generally normal considering it wasnt analysed or shown in this video but crystal doesn, crystal takes out all her spite on her mum causing her great duress while being unsympathetic towards her situation, while cortex takes out his spite on himself something that most people can relate, while creating a strong exterior to almost prove to himself and others he isnt weak over what he sees as a lost opporunity to have a father, you cant miss what you dont have but he knows he could have had a father.

That’s your story and you aren’t everybody

Damn, why cant people understand this? Its so easy to blame someone who's not there.

faith you’re right, you are not your upbringing.

person person yes, but she’s saying if she can turn out all right, then it’s not impossible and you shouldn’t lose hope if you grew up poorly.

faith eh man stupid people can’t be cured stupid people are fucking stupid

true

agree

YESSSS

that program is for kids who dont know anything about the ghetto just get involved with dumb shit. these kids actually live shitty lives that program doesnt do shit for kids that live in the ghetto why do you think they dont have kids from chicago, compton, the bronx because they actually live that life they aint scared.

fr

i heard some people say cortez was in jail idk if it’s true tho

@@hoppedupouttabedturnedmysw5456 yea he is i wonder what happened to crystal

On if dem died not cuz they was in gang but just the wrong place or wrong time smh

@@iamsnaq9649 she got 4 kids

@@glahglah6413 lmao kappp

Hell nah that nigga in jail

That nigga Cortez fucks with them little kids bruh

Curlyheadj D wait what you mean ?

He messes with people not the other way around

Jake Ochsner I feel like if her mom didn’t she would steal and would blame her mom for not caring for her. The situation works both ways. So I don’t see your point.

Jenna Baily and why would she steal and disrespect her mom? Because she is used to getting everything she wants. Were you born this stupid?

No that's not the issue, the issue is the mom can't give her what she really wants, which is her father 🙄 Give the mother a goddamn break.

The mother is probably trying to make up for what Crystal doesn’t have

She overcompensates because her dad is gone.

Frederick Lawton Dads are way more important just facts Let’s be real mostly everyone get a mom But dads are not a lot What’s more valuable a gem you can find anywhere or a Diamond that’s found by luck less then 30%? But losers in the comment will say lebron James and other that did not have a dad But the majority of boys and girl dead or in prison They don’t matter

The Logical Man dads are optional. Moms are not.

@@GirlyGirlMsp no dads are rare moms are a dime a dozen just facts over feeling my friend

The Logical Man that’s actually pathetic. You’re basically saying men are so irresponsible and weak that they will help create a child but not take care of it.

@@TheRealWorldNews247 so because dads are such deadbeats, it’s makes them more important? That’s dumb. A child needs both.

I was too

Goes to show the importance of a father in a child's life

I cried a lil bit I wont lie. Shit hit home with me

Alex Caulfield right! man, that's got to be tough

me too

That's common core, and the purposeful degredation of society. Liberalism has destroyed the world.

Underrated comment

You are an Yvonne, you are a Karen, and you need Jesus speak. You’re worse than Cortez and Krystal.

@@marryIsfake964, If only you made sense.

"We weren't meant to survive, cause it's a set up." Tupac.

Big DADDY 😂💀

Fr

Big DADDY lol so true

Yes

Her daddy in prison

I understand that I was in the same boat I never had a dad I came out good ..

viviana pilacios 👏

Fr fr kids needs stop saying “cause my dad left” nah that’s one of the reasons but I never grew up with a father he left when I was 4 and I’m perfectly fine without him

That's real fam fr I learned to appreciate all I got pops ain't here so I'ma make sure moms is good stupid

viviana pilacios some people don’t think the way you do , they think the world owes them everything

That straight up broke me.

hes seems so genuine and dear and sweeet though when i was i kid i would not say that shit i thought i was to cool for that

BluesyDiamond he’s a no good loser, a waste of space.

u could hear the pain when he said that

@@uahatoxicboi9801 everything ok @ home ?

Lexi Burgamy welcome to half of America mate

I live in canada i dont have a father but he calls me sometimes since hes in another country and im well behaved and im 14 now and the last time i have seen my father was when i was 3

Not unless he verbally abused you

@John Kimber Of course you have more negative experiences than positive ones. People don't walk into the courtroom to say make a case about how few problems they're having as a pair. People go there when there's an issue that needs to be legally sorted out. I do, however, agree that men and women need to be treated equally in the courtroom, and that women have an unfair advantage in some instances.I just don't think the solution to preventing a bias in favor of women is to recreated that same bias, but in disfavor of them. Men and women need to just be viewed as people.

@John Kimber TRUTH!!!!

Pre7ch finally a good comment

Then what about the shoplifting

I’m 23 years old, the first time I saw my dad was when I was 19. As I’m writing this ,I have never gotten into any trouble with the law. And it’s not because my dad taught me from right to wrong, I just used my Common Sense. It’s easy to blame daddy or point fingers when you’re serving time or do stupid shit. Lastly, why does the mother have to suffer? She’s been supporting her through thick and thin, and all the daughter does is blatantly disrespect her mother by leaving her, while mom is forced to look for her all night. Why can’t she understand the fact that the ones who are supporting her are suffering BECAUSE of her. Nothing personal, I have no remorse for people who treat their mothers that way, especially children of single mothers like me.

@@not_raven57 That doesn't even make sense. He shoplifts because he wants to.

Even in bed ? I mean, your momma played the "father" role in bed too ?

Julio Gambino 2x 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

*Bloodclot

This poor man has to drive them five times a week twice a day

Joe relax!!! it's a simple mistake. Get ur thong out ur ass

@@91toinfinity bloodclart*

Fr brings back memories

He in jail now

Finesse 4400 Daamn foreal? Thats sad 😥

@@nosiphomsweli6617 what he did?

Hes a bully

Nah there are NUMEROUS studies showing what a missing parent does to a child's mental health. We need both parents to function. America needs to change its culture.

No, it's not. It's multiple factors: poverty, morals, ethics, violence, abuse, family issues, etc.

@bLackstar that’s too much. I hope you was able to get out or help

they are the exception not the rule. Most children raised in single mother homes end up fucked (prison, poverty,)

@@georgewashingtonsanchez4836 Statistics?

It's not whether you have a father or not, it's what society you live in. Of-course you're gonna be the nice guy that comes from the nice neigbourhood, but when you're from the 'ghetto' It's not as nice as you expect it is.

As well as their behavior towards other people, people don't take serious action when it comes to what the kids/teenagers is doing, That makes them do whatever they please and continue doing it.

That's true, Mikolai Grimsson​​​​. I was raised in the heart of Atlanta, Georgia: Bankhead, Carver Homes, and Summer Hill. Those areas were very, very tough back when I was living there. At the age of 10, I would literally go outside and find someone smoking crack or selling dope every morning. The break-ins, the shootings; it was just a war zone. 12 years old and fed up, I was determined and hopeful that me and my mother were going to escape that horrible place at once. While my mother worked full-time as a housekeeper, I discreetly started selling baked goods and junk food to the hood to help raise money for us to find a new house. We managed to save up some cash for 8 months and moved to Lithonia, Georgia; which wasn't a bad area, yet it was a little run down by ghetto kids. All I'm saying is is that everyone has a choice. Luckily, I was just a kid who had an inner strength and motivation to persevere. I was just a natural born leader who never allowed myself to be influenced by the negativity in my neighborhood, with the help of my mother. Young people just need the proper guidance and...discipline. 

***** I'm impressed :-) I have a hard time appreciate my life. When I read your post and see others different life on tv or youtube that got a damn hard start in life and still fighting I get motivated. Although ashamed over how spoiled I really am. If people with gloomier prospect in life can get somewhere in life I can too. Almost everyone can if one really want to.

You're right. Everyone has the strength to succeed. It's up to us to channel that inner strength and motivation. 

Sheckion Hutchinson right!! Lol

Yuh right about dat

That is why I am not a bus driver.

Megan Parham Yea, it's much worse. The difference is one actually has the freedom to be involved with his kids while the other doesn't.. When kids get old enough to understand it HURTS so much more knowing that your father refused to be involved rather than knowing he couldn't because of his circumstance..

That is entirely irrelevant, in fact it depends entirely on you no one is forcing you to do something, her father didn't put her in chains and torture her so she would be like that. She chose to be like that, Hence, why she's trash.

Jigmey Dorjee why do you have to call her trash, though!? Wtf....

RetroHipster 94 I have both....

RetroHipster 94 stfu hindu

YOU AINT NEVER LIE you can tell that young man is hurting! he just wants his daddy! a lot of children suffering like that its sad!!