point being, you made the choice to better yourself and figured out how, so can they. Maybe if homeless they are starting further down the barrel than most but that’s just how life is. If we cut off the free high houses and shelters, they’ll be forced to look for work or die.
1000% agree. People can do some incredible things when the alternative is death.
When I was in college, there was rumor of a wealthy man who walked away from his house (mansion) and went to living on the streets. All for the experience of knowing if it was possible to get on your feet if you were homeless. He went to the homeless shelters, got the "help" available, got a job and worked until he was able to afford his own housing again.
I don't know if that story is true, but I think it was. People used his name when they told the story. I never looked him up and I can't remember his name. That was nearly 20 years ago and I'm sure there are more resources available now than back then. The problem I see is the line of thinking. People tend to imitate the people they learn from. If their parents lack in critical thinking skills, where is the child to learn?
School is the obvious answer. Financial literacy courses were available at my high school and I took some of them, but they weren't part of the main curriculum and most of the people who had it as an elective didn't want to be there. It's amazing what you don't learn if you don't try. I don't remember what it was called, but it was something like "Future Business Owners" or FBO. My HS also had an OJT program, where kids got to leave school to go to work and get school credit for it.
If the parents don't put any emphasis on getting good grades and trying in school.....well, you know where this is going.
Also, I'm not disagreeing or arguing in any sense of the word. Just adding to the conversation.
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