Normally I'm all for helping those in need but I have read this article and well...

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Todd's keyboard wrote:
Thanks for the thread and the stories.

Two of the concepts that come up in the child development courses I teach are "resilience" and "grit". I suspect parts of these stories will make their ways into class discussions. (While keeping identities private.)

thanks again, Todd's keyboard

To me, you really develop the true nature of your character via adversity. How you handle it is burnished in your functional mind. Facing an onslaught head on and even suffering the consequences is usually better than trying to avoid it or the pain of it.