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I wish that their was some kind of financial assistance for the kids, because after all, it wasn't their fault that their father commited a mistake. As a result of my husband going to prison my children are poorer financially but emotionally also. I guess society sees it as punishment towards the person who committed the crime, but who pays the highest price are the kids. I'm at my wits end and don't really know what to do other and work two jobs, but then my children hardly see me and since their dad went to jail they are so attached to me that they almost stand by the bathroom door when i'm in the bathroom. I guess they think that I'm probably going to go away too.
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Liberty,
I hope that you are doing well. I feel your pain and I agree that there should be some kind of financial assistance for those children left behind.
Love,
Francine
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My brotherinlaw left his 3 children behind....they are all being raised in different homes. His oldest daughter is being raised in an addict/dealers home and it's so sad, because she has a genius level IQ. His son is being raised by his grandfather, a wealthy man that is very proactive in the childs life. His youngest daughter is being raised by my mother-in-law, God bless this woman....she raised 4 children...and is now raising her grandchild, and her 2 nephews after their parents passed away, and her 99 year old handicapped mother. They live on nothing, but God's grace. I love my brotherinlaw....I miss him terribly...such a gifted man, to have his life wasted this way. -=me and Crystal have a love hate relationship=- i hate her for what she has done...but I just can't seem to break free from the hold she has on me. I work for the military as a liason...i hate that I live this double life....i don't know myself sometimes.
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Being a child with an incarcerated father, my mom has never had any financial help from him raising me and my brother. Now we are both going to be entering college and to say it is going to be difficult financially would be an understatement. I have looked high and low for scholarships pertaining to my father's imprisonment and what I have found is minimal. There really is no help finacially for me for college because of his incarceration. But I have applied for a few "beating the odds" or "adversity" scholarships, so there is some hope there. I really hope in the future that more organizations will have scholarships or maybe even a state grant program. I think if the state made a program for the children of incarcerated parents it would be in their benefit because it would help end the cycle of intergeneration incarceration.
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